REPUBLIC OF PARAGUAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Republic of Paraguay mean? 

• REPUBLIC OF PARAGUAY (noun)
  The noun REPUBLIC OF PARAGUAY has 1 sense:

1. a landlocked republic in south central South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1811

  Familiarity information: REPUBLIC OF PARAGUAY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPUBLIC OF PARAGUAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A landlocked republic in south central South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1811

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Paraguay; Republic of Paraguay

Instance hypernyms:

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

Meronyms (parts of "Republic of Paraguay"):

Triple Frontier (the border area where Argentina and Brazil and Paraguay meet; an active South American center for contraband and drug trafficking and money laundering; a suspected locale for Islamic extremist groups)

Asuncion; capital of Paraguay (the capital and chief port of Paraguay)

Parana; Parana River (a South American river; tributary of Rio de la Plata)

Guaira; Guaira Falls; Sete Quedas (a great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay)

Meronyms (members of "Republic of Paraguay"):

Paraguayan (a native or inhabitant of Paraguay)

Holonyms ("Republic of Paraguay" is a part of...):

South America (a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama)

Holonyms ("Republic of Paraguay" is a member of...):

OAS; Organization of American States (an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation)