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MURITANIYA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Muritaniya mean? 

MURITANIYA (noun)
  The noun MURITANIYA has 1 sense:

1. a country in northwestern Africa with a provisional military government; achieved independence from France in 1960; largely western Sahara Desertplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MURITANIYA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A country in northwestern Africa with a provisional military government; achieved independence from France in 1960; largely western Sahara Desert

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Islamic Republic of Mauritania; Mauritania; Mauritanie; Muritaniya

Instance hypernyms:

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

Meronyms (parts of "Muritaniya"):

Nouakchott (capital of Mauritania; located in western Mauritania near the Atlantic coast)

Meronyms (members of "Muritaniya"):

Mauritanian (a native or inhabitant of Mauritania)

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

Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)

Holonyms ("Muritaniya" is a member of...):

Arab League (an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation)


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