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VATICAN CITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The capital of the State of the Vatican City
Synonyms:
Citta del Vaticano; Vatican City
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Meronyms (parts of "Vatican City"):
Vatican; Vatican Palace (the residence of the Catholic Pope in the Vatican City)
Holonyms ("Vatican City" is a part of...):
Holy See; State of the Vatican City; The Holy See (the smallest sovereign state in the world; the see of the Pope (as the Bishop of Rome); home of the Pope and the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church; achieved independence from Italy in 1929)
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