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ACORES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Acores mean? 

ACORES (noun)
  The noun ACORES has 1 sense:

1. islands in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to Portugalplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ACORES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Islands in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to Portugal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Acores; Azores

Context example:

the Azores are strategically located on transatlantic air and shipping routes

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

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

Portugal; Portuguese Republic (a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil))


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