TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Trinidad and Tobago mean? 

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

1. an island republic in the West Indies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An island republic in the West Indies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Republic of Trinidad and Tobago; Trinidad and Tobago

Instance hypernyms:

country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)

Meronyms (parts of "Trinidad and Tobago"):

Trinidad (an island in West Indies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela)

Tobago (island in West Indies)

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

Caribbean (region including the Caribbean Islands)

Holonyms ("Trinidad and Tobago" is a member of...):

OAS; Organization of American States (an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation)

 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)