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ALAND ISLANDS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aland islands mean? 

ALAND ISLANDS (noun)
  The noun ALAND ISLANDS has 1 sense:

1. an archipelago of some 6,000 islands in the Gulf of Bothnia under Finnish controlplay

  Familiarity information: ALAND ISLANDS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ALAND ISLANDS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An archipelago of some 6,000 islands in the Gulf of Bothnia under Finnish control

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Aaland islands; Ahvenanmaa; Aland islands

Instance hypernyms:

archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)

Holonyms ("Aland islands" is a part of...):

Finland; Republic of Finland; Suomi (republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917)

Gulf of Bothnia (a northern arm of the Baltic Sea; between Sweden and Finland)


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