SWAZILAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Swaziland mean? 

• SWAZILAND (noun)
  The noun SWAZILAND has 1 sense:

1. a landlocked monarchy in southeastern Africa; member of the commonwealth that achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1968

  Familiarity information: SWAZILAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWAZILAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A landlocked monarchy in southeastern Africa; member of the commonwealth that achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1968

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Kingdom of Swaziland; Swaziland

Instance hypernyms:

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

Meronyms (parts of "Swaziland"):

capital of Swaziland; Mbabane (capital of Swaziland; located in northwestern Swaziland)

Meronyms (members of "Swaziland"):

Swazi (a member of a southeast African people living in Swaziland and adjacent areas)

Holonyms ("Swaziland" is a part of...):

Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)