COMORO ISLANDS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Comoro Islands mean? 

• COMORO ISLANDS (noun)
  The noun COMORO ISLANDS has 1 sense:

1. three main islands and numerous islets in the Indian Ocean between Mozambique and Madagascar

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMORO ISLANDS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Three main islands and numerous islets in the Indian Ocean between Mozambique and Madagascar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Comoro Islands; Iles Comores

Instance hypernyms:

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

Meronyms (parts of "Comoro Islands"):

Comoros; Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros (a country on the Comoro Islands)

Holonyms ("Comoro Islands" is a part of...):

Indian Ocean (the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south)