CAPITAL OF SAUDI ARABIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does capital of Saudi Arabia mean? 

• CAPITAL OF SAUDI ARABIA (noun)
  The noun CAPITAL OF SAUDI ARABIA has 1 sense:

1. joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis; largest city in Saudi Arabia

  Familiarity information: CAPITAL OF SAUDI ARABIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPITAL OF SAUDI ARABIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Joint capital (with Mecca) of Saudi Arabia located in the central oasis; largest city in Saudi Arabia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of Saudi Arabia; Riyadh

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Instance hyponyms:

Mecca (joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia; located in western Saudi Arabia; as the birthplace of Muhammad it is the holiest city of Islam)

Holonyms ("capital of Saudi Arabia" is a part of...):

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Saudi Arabia (an absolute monarchy occupying most of the Arabian Peninsula in southwest Asia; vast oil reserves dominate the economy)