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PORTUGUESE GUINEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Portuguese Guinea mean?
• PORTUGUESE GUINEA (noun)
The noun PORTUGUESE GUINEA has 1 sense:
1. a republic on the northwestern coast of Africa; recognized as independent by Portugal in 1974
Familiarity information: PORTUGUESE GUINEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A republic on the northwestern coast of Africa; recognized as independent by Portugal in 1974
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Guine-Bissau; Guinea-Bissau; Portuguese Guinea; Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Instance hypernyms:
African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Portuguese Guinea"):
Bissau; capital of Guinea-Bissau (the capital of Guinea-Bissau)
Holonyms ("Portuguese Guinea" 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)
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