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BISSAU
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bissau mean?
• BISSAU (noun)
The noun BISSAU has 1 sense:
1. the capital of Guinea-Bissau
Familiarity information: BISSAU used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The capital of Guinea-Bissau
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Bissau; capital of Guinea-Bissau
Instance hypernyms:
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Bissau" is a part of...):
Guine-Bissau; Guinea-Bissau; Portuguese Guinea; Republic of Guinea-Bissau (a republic on the northwestern coast of Africa; recognized as independent by Portugal in 1974)
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