TOBAGO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tobago mean? 

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

1. island in West Indies

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOBAGO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Island in West Indies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

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

Meronyms (members of "Tobago"):

Tobagonian (a native or inhabitant of the island of Tobago in the West Indies)

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

the Indies; West Indies (the string of islands between North America and South America; a popular resort area)

Republic of Trinidad and Tobago; Trinidad and Tobago (an island republic in the West Indies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962)

Derivation:

Tobagonian (of or relating to Tobago or its people)

 Context examples 

An island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago.

(Grenada, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

An island between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, south of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and north of Trinidad and Tobago.

(Grenada, NCI Thesaurus)

An island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about one-half of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago.

(Dominica, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

With this, the Bhut Jolokia loses its status as the world's hottest chilli, left behind by, reportedly, Carolina Reaper of the US and the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion of Trinidad and Tobago.

(Scientists claim decrease in hotness of Bhut Jolokia, Wikinews)