BAHRAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bahrain mean? 

• BAHRAIN (noun)
  The noun BAHRAIN has 2 senses:

1. an island in the Persian Gulf

2. an island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia; oil revenues funded progressive programs until reserves were exhausted in 1970s

  Familiarity information: BAHRAIN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BAHRAIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An island in the Persian Gulf

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Bahrain; Bahrain Island; Bahrein; Bahrein Island

Instance hypernyms:

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

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

Arabian Gulf; Persian Gulf (a shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Iran and the Arabian peninsula; the Persian Gulf oil fields are among the most productive in the world)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia; oil revenues funded progressive programs until reserves were exhausted in 1970s

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Bahrain; Bahrein; State of Bahrain

Instance hypernyms:

Asian country; Asian nation (any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Bahrain"):

capital of Bahrain; Manama (the capital of Bahrain; located at the northern end of Bahrain Island)

Meronyms (members of "Bahrain"):

Bahraini; Bahreini (a native or inhabitant of Bahrain)

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

Gulf States (the countries in southwestern Asia that border the Persian Gulf)

Asia (the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations)

Holonyms ("Bahrain" is a member of...):

Arab League (an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation)