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CAPE VERDE ISLANDS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cape Verde Islands mean? 

CAPE VERDE ISLANDS (noun)
  The noun CAPE VERDE ISLANDS has 1 sense:

1. a group of islands in the Atlantic off of the coast of Senegalplay

  Familiarity information: CAPE VERDE ISLANDS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CAPE VERDE ISLANDS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A group of islands in the Atlantic off of the coast of Senegal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)

Meronyms (parts of "Cape Verde Islands"):

Cape Verde; Republic of Cape Verde (an island country in the Atlantic off the coast of Senegal)

Sao Tiago Island (largest of the Cape Verde Islands in the Atlantic Ocean)

Holonyms ("Cape Verde Islands" is a part of...):

Atlantic; Atlantic Ocean (the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east)


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