VATICAN CITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Vatican City mean? 

• VATICAN CITY (noun)
  The noun VATICAN CITY has 1 sense:

1. the capital of the State of the Vatican City

  Familiarity information: VATICAN CITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VATICAN CITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The capital of the State of the Vatican City

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Citta del Vaticano; Vatican City

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Meronyms (parts of "Vatican City"):

Vatican; Vatican Palace (the residence of the Catholic Pope in the Vatican City)

Holonyms ("Vatican City" is a part of...):

Holy See; State of the Vatican City; The Holy See (the smallest sovereign state in the world; the see of the Pope (as the Bishop of Rome); home of the Pope and the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church; achieved independence from Italy in 1929)