MOCAMBIQUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mocambique mean? 

• MOCAMBIQUE (noun)
  The noun MOCAMBIQUE has 1 sense:

1. a republic on the southeastern coast of Africa on the Mozambique Channel; became independent from Portugal in 1975

  Familiarity information: MOCAMBIQUE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOCAMBIQUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A republic on the southeastern coast of Africa on the Mozambique Channel; became independent from Portugal in 1975

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Mocambique; Mozambique; Republic of Mozambique

Instance hypernyms:

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

Meronyms (parts of "Mocambique"):

Beira (a port city in eastern Mozambique on the Mozambique Channel)

capital of Mozambique; Maputo (the capital and largest city of Mozambique)

Lake Malawi; Lake Nyasa (a long lake in southeastern Africa between Tanzania, Mozambique, and Malawi)

Crocodile River; Limpopo; Zambezi; Zambezi River (an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean)

Meronyms (members of "Mocambique"):

Mozambican (a native or inhabitant of Mozambique)

Holonyms ("Mocambique" 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)