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REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A republic (under United States protection) on the Marshall Islands
Synonyms:
Marshall Islands; Republic of the Marshall Islands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)
Domain region:
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Holonyms ("Republic of the Marshall Islands" is a part of...):
Marshall Islands (a group of coral islands in eastern Micronesia)