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TRIPLE FRONTIER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The border area where Argentina and Brazil and Paraguay meet; an active South American center for contraband and drug trafficking and money laundering; a suspected locale for Islamic extremist groups
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
frontier (an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary)
Holonyms ("Triple Frontier" is a part of...):
Argentina; Argentine Republic (a republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America)
Brasil; Brazil; Federative Republic of Brazil (the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter)
Paraguay; Republic of Paraguay (a landlocked republic in south central South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1811)
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