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STATE OF BAHRAIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does State of Bahrain mean?
• STATE OF BAHRAIN (noun)
The noun STATE OF BAHRAIN has 1 sense:
1. an island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia; oil revenues funded progressive programs until reserves were exhausted in 1970s
Familiarity information: STATE OF BAHRAIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia; oil revenues funded progressive programs until reserves were exhausted in 1970s
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Bahrain; Bahrein; State of Bahrain
Instance hypernyms:
Asian country; Asian nation (any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent)
Meronyms (parts of "State of Bahrain"):
capital of Bahrain; Manama (the capital of Bahrain; located at the northern end of Bahrain Island)
Meronyms (members of "State of Bahrain"):
Bahraini; Bahreini (a native or inhabitant of Bahrain)
Holonyms ("State of Bahrain" is a part of...):
Gulf States (the countries in southwestern Asia that border the Persian Gulf)
Asia (the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations)
Holonyms ("State of Bahrain" is a member of...):
Arab League (an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation)
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