LIECHTENSTEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Liechtenstein mean? 

• LIECHTENSTEIN (noun)
  The noun LIECHTENSTEIN has 1 sense:

1. a small landlocked principality (constitutional monarchy) in central Europe located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland

  Familiarity information: LIECHTENSTEIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIECHTENSTEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small landlocked principality (constitutional monarchy) in central Europe located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Liechtenstein; Principality of Liechtenstein

Instance hypernyms:

European country; European nation (any one of the countries occupying the European continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Liechtenstein"):

capital of Liechtenstein; Vaduz (the capital and largest city of Liechtenstein)

Meronyms (members of "Liechtenstein"):

Liechtensteiner (a native or inhabitant of Liechtenstein)

Holonyms ("Liechtenstein" is a part of...):

Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)

Derivation:

Liechtensteiner (a native or inhabitant of Liechtenstein)

 Context examples 

In the UK, Austria, Greece, Malta, Slovenia and Liechtenstein population growth rates declined in 2007 but have made a comeback in 2008.

(Is the Global Crisis Triggering Basic Instincts?, BOGDAN FLORIN PAUL)