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AALAND ISLANDS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Aaland islands mean?
• AALAND ISLANDS (noun)
The noun AALAND ISLANDS has 1 sense:
1. an archipelago of some 6,000 islands in the Gulf of Bothnia under Finnish control
Familiarity information: AALAND ISLANDS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An archipelago of some 6,000 islands in the Gulf of Bothnia under Finnish control
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Aaland islands; Ahvenanmaa; Aland islands
Instance hypernyms:
archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)
Holonyms ("Aaland islands" is a part of...):
Finland; Republic of Finland; Suomi (republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917)
Gulf of Bothnia (a northern arm of the Baltic Sea; between Sweden and Finland)
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