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NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Netherlands Antilles mean?
• NETHERLANDS ANTILLES (noun)
The noun NETHERLANDS ANTILLES has 1 sense:
1. a group of islands in the Lesser Antilles just to the north of Venezuela that are administered by The Netherlands
Familiarity information: NETHERLANDS ANTILLES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of islands in the Lesser Antilles just to the north of Venezuela that are administered by The Netherlands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Meronyms (parts of "Netherlands Antilles"):
Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao (a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles)
Saba (a island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano)
Saint Eustatius; St. Eustatius (an island in the Netherlands Antilles)
Holonyms ("Netherlands Antilles" is a part of...):
Caribees; Lesser Antilles (a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies)
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