SEYCHELLES ISLANDS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Seychelles islands mean? 

• SEYCHELLES ISLANDS (noun)
  The noun SEYCHELLES ISLANDS has 1 sense:

1. a group of about 90 islands in the western Indian Ocean to the north of Madagascar

  Familiarity information: SEYCHELLES ISLANDS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEYCHELLES ISLANDS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A group of about 90 islands in the western Indian Ocean to the north of Madagascar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Seychelles; Seychelles islands

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Meronyms (parts of "Seychelles islands"):

Republic of Seychelles; Seychelles (a republic on the Seychelles islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1976)

Holonyms ("Seychelles islands" is a part of...):

Indian Ocean (the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south)