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SAO TOME E PRINCIPE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Sao Tome e Principe mean?
• SAO TOME E PRINCIPE (noun)
The noun SAO TOME E PRINCIPE has 1 sense:
1. island nation in the South Atlantic off the west coast of Africa; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975; has enormous offshore oil reserves
Familiarity information: SAO TOME E PRINCIPE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Island nation in the South Atlantic off the west coast of Africa; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975; has enormous offshore oil reserves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe; Sao Thome e Principe; Sao Tome and Principe; Sao Tome e Principe; St. Thomas and Principe
Instance hypernyms:
country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)
Meronyms (parts of "Sao Tome e Principe"):
Sao Tome (capital of Sao Tome and Principe)
Principe (an island in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Sao Tome and Principe)
Holonyms ("Sao Tome e Principe" is a part of...):
Atlantic; Atlantic Ocean (the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east)
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