CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Central African Republic mean? 

• CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (noun)
  The noun CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC has 1 sense:

1. a landlocked country in central Africa; formerly under French control; became independent in 1960

  Familiarity information: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A landlocked country in central Africa; formerly under French control; became independent in 1960

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Central Africa; Central African Republic

Instance hypernyms:

African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Central African Republic"):

Bangui; capital of Central Africa (the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic)

Holonyms ("Central African Republic" is a part of...):

Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)