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NORTHERN RHODESIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964

Synonyms:

Northern Rhodesia; Republic of Zambia; Zambia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Northern Rhodesia"):

capital of Zambia; Lusaka (the capital and largest city of Zambia)

Victoria; Victoria Falls (a waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally)

Zambezi; Zambezi River (an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean)

Meronyms (members of "Northern Rhodesia"):

Cewa; Chewa; Chichewa (a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe)

Zambian (a native or inhabitant of Zambia)

Holonyms ("Northern Rhodesia" is a part of...):

Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)

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