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STATE OF ERITREA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An African country to the north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993
Synonyms:
Eritrea; State of Eritrea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)
Meronyms (parts of "State of Eritrea"):
Asmara; Asmera (the capital of Eritrea)
Massawa (a port town in Eritrea on an inlet of the Red Sea)
Meronyms (members of "State of Eritrea"):
Eritrean (a native or inhabitant of Eritrea)
Holonyms ("State of Eritrea" is a part of...):
Horn of Africa; Somali peninsula (a peninsula of northeastern Africa (the easternmost part of Africa) comprising Somalia and Djibouti and Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia)
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