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COMORO ISLANDS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Comoro Islands mean?
• COMORO ISLANDS (noun)
The noun COMORO ISLANDS has 1 sense:
1. three main islands and numerous islets in the Indian Ocean between Mozambique and Madagascar
Familiarity information: COMORO ISLANDS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Three main islands and numerous islets in the Indian Ocean between Mozambique and Madagascar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Comoro Islands; Iles Comores
Instance hypernyms:
archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)
Meronyms (parts of "Comoro Islands"):
Comoros; Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros (a country on the Comoro Islands)
Holonyms ("Comoro Islands" is a part of...):
Indian Ocean (the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south)
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