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CAPITAL OF IRELAND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does capital of Ireland mean?
• CAPITAL OF IRELAND (noun)
The noun CAPITAL OF IRELAND has 1 sense:
1. capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Republic
Familiarity information: CAPITAL OF IRELAND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Republic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
capital of Ireland; Dublin; Irish capital
Instance hypernyms:
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Meronyms (members of "capital of Ireland"):
Dubliner (a resident of Dublin)
Holonyms ("capital of Ireland" is a part of...):
Eire; Ireland; Irish Republic; Republic of Ireland (a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921)
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