REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Republic of the Marshall Islands mean? 

• REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS (noun)
  The noun REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS has 1 sense:

1. a republic (under United States protection) on the Marshall Islands

  Familiarity information: REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A republic (under United States protection) on the Marshall Islands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Marshall Islands; Republic of the Marshall Islands

Instance hypernyms:

country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

Holonyms ("Republic of the Marshall Islands" is a part of...):

Marshall Islands (a group of coral islands in eastern Micronesia)