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SPANISH GUINEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A country of west central Africa (including islands in the Gulf of Guinea); became independent from Spain in 1968
Synonyms:
Equatorial Guinea; Republic of Equatorial Guinea; Spanish Guinea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Spanish Guinea"):
Bioko (an island in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Equatorial Guinea)
Holonyms ("Spanish Guinea" 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)