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SAINT CHRISTOPHER-NEVIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A country on several of the Leeward Islands; located to the east southeast of Puerto Rico; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1983
Synonyms:
Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Christopher-Nevis; Saint Kitts and Nevis; St. Christopher-Nevis; St. Kitts and Nevis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)
Meronyms (parts of "Saint Christopher-Nevis"):
Saint Christopher; Saint Kitts; St. Christopher; St. Kitts (the largest of the islands comprising Saint Christopher-Nevis)
Basseterre (the capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis on the island of Saint Christopher)
Nevis; Sombrero (one of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis)
Holonyms ("Saint Christopher-Nevis" is a part of...):
Caribbean (region including the Caribbean Islands)
Leeward Islands (a group of islands in the eastern West Indies)
Holonyms ("Saint Christopher-Nevis" is a member of...):
OAS; Organization of American States (an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation)
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