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PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Prince Edward Island mean? 

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (noun)
  The noun PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND has 1 sense:

1. an island in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence; the smallest province of Canadaplay

  Familiarity information: PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An island in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence; the smallest province of Canada

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

Canadian province (Canada is divided into 12 provinces for administrative purposes)

Meronyms (parts of "Prince Edward Island"):

Charlottetown (the provincial capital and largest city of Prince Edward Island)

Holonyms ("Prince Edward Island" is a part of...):

Canadian Maritime Provinces; Maritime Provinces; Maritimes (the collective name for the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island)


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