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FRIENDLY ISLANDS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Friendly Islands mean?
• FRIENDLY ISLANDS (noun)
The noun FRIENDLY ISLANDS has 1 sense:
1. a monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1970
Familiarity information: FRIENDLY ISLANDS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South Pacific; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1970
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Friendly Islands; Kingdom of Tonga; Tonga
Instance hypernyms:
country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)
Meronyms (members of "Friendly Islands"):
Tongan (a Polynesian native or inhabitant of Tonga)
Holonyms ("Friendly Islands" is a part of...):
Polynesia (the islands in the eastern part of Oceania)
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