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CULEBRA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Culebra mean?
• CULEBRA (noun)
The noun CULEBRA has 1 sense:
1. a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico with miles of beautiful beaches
Familiarity information: CULEBRA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small island off the coast of Puerto Rico with miles of beautiful beaches
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Holonyms ("Culebra" is a part of...):
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Porto Rico; PR; Puerto Rico (a self-governing commonwealth associated with the United States occupying the island of Puerto Rico)
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