CORSICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Corsica mean? 

• CORSICA (noun)
  The noun CORSICA has 2 senses:

1. an island in the Mediterranean; with adjacent islets it constitutes a region of France

2. a region of France on the island of Corsica; birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte

  Familiarity information: CORSICA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORSICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An island in the Mediterranean; with adjacent islets it constitutes a region of France

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Corse; Corsica

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Holonyms ("Corsica" is a part of...):

Mediterranean; Mediterranean Sea (the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia)

Derivation:

Corsican (of or relating to or characteristic of Corsica or its people)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A region of France on the island of Corsica; birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Corse; Corsica

Instance hypernyms:

French region (a geographical subdivision of France)

Domain member region:

Armata Corsa; Corsican Army (a terrorist organization founded in 1999 to oppose the link between nationalists and the Corsican mafia)

Holonyms ("Corsica" is a part of...):

France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

Derivation:

Corsican (of or relating to or characteristic of Corsica or its people)

 Context examples 

The part of France situated in Western Europe, including Corsica, as opposed to the overseas departments and territories of the French Republic.

(Metropolitan France, NCI Thesaurus)

As they came up onto the stone plateau that crowns the hill, Amy waved her hand as if welcoming him to her favorite haunt, and said, pointing here and there, Do you remember the Cathedral and the Corso, the fishermen dragging their nets in the bay, and the lovely road to Villa Franca, Schubert's Tower, just below, and best of all, that speck far out to sea which they say is Corsica?

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)