REPUBLIC OF ICELAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Republic of Iceland mean? 

• REPUBLIC OF ICELAND (noun)
  The noun REPUBLIC OF ICELAND has 1 sense:

1. an island republic on the island of Iceland; became independent of Denmark in 1944

  Familiarity information: REPUBLIC OF ICELAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPUBLIC OF ICELAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An island republic on the island of Iceland; became independent of Denmark in 1944

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Iceland; Republic of Iceland

Instance hypernyms:

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

Meronyms (parts of "Republic of Iceland"):

capital of Iceland; Reykjavik (the capital and chief port of Iceland on the southwestern coast of Iceland; buildings are heated by natural hot water)

Meronyms (members of "Republic of Iceland"):

Icelander (a native or inhabitant of Iceland)

Holonyms ("Republic of Iceland" is a part of...):

Iceland (a volcanic island in the North Atlantic near the Arctic Circle)

Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)

Holonyms ("Republic of Iceland" is a member of...):

NATO; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security)