URUGUAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Uruguay mean? 

• URUGUAY (noun)
  The noun URUGUAY has 1 sense:

1. a South American republic on the southeast coast of South America; achieved independence from Brazil in 1825

  Familiarity information: URUGUAY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• URUGUAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A South American republic on the southeast coast of South America; achieved independence from Brazil in 1825

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

South American country; South American nation (any one of the countries occupying the South American continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Uruguay"):

capital of Uruguay; Montevideo (the capital and largest city of Uruguay; a cosmopolitan city and one of the busiest ports in South America)

La Plata; Plata River; Rio de la Plata (an estuary between Argentina and Uruguay)

Meronyms (members of "Uruguay"):

Uruguayan (a native or inhabitant of Uruguay)

Holonyms ("Uruguay" is a part of...):

South America (a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama)

Holonyms ("Uruguay" 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)

Derivation:

Uruguayan (of or relating to or characteristic of Uruguay or its people)

 Context examples 

It is more common in developed nations, but a few countries in Latin America, including Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay are now approaching the levels of incidence seen in the developed world.

(Pesticides blamed for rise in colon cancer deaths, SciDev.Net)

In Uruguay, smoke arrived 6 January, as was the case in southern Brazil.

(Australian bushfire smoke drifts to South America, SciDev.Net)

From the afternoon of 6 January, a grey cloud and redder sunrises and sunsets could be seen in the sky in Uruguay due to the presence of small particles in suspension, more than 6,000 meters high, of smoke generated by the great fires in Australia, said a statement from the Uruguayan Institute of Meteorology (Inumet).

(Australian bushfire smoke drifts to South America, SciDev.Net)

Daniel San Vicente, cardiologist and president of the Montevideo regional council of the Medical College of Uruguay, said the current concentration of particles in the air was not enough to have an impact on health.

(Australian bushfire smoke drifts to South America, SciDev.Net)

Smoke particles from the fires ravaging Australia have traveled more than 12,000 km, crossed an ocean and a mountain range and arrived in South America, meteorological institutions confirmed, after smoke was detected in Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.

(Australian bushfire smoke drifts to South America, SciDev.Net)