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REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Republic of Zimbabwe mean?
• REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE (noun)
The noun REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE has 1 sense:
1. a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980
Familiarity information: REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Republic of Zimbabwe; Rhodesia; Southern Rhodesia; Zimbabwe
Instance hypernyms:
African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Republic of Zimbabwe"):
capital of Zimbabwe; Harare; Salisbury (the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe)
Bulawayo (industrial city in southwestern Zimbabwe)
Victoria; Victoria Falls (a waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally)
Zambezi; Zambezi River (an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean)
Meronyms (members of "Republic of Zimbabwe"):
Cewa; Chewa; Chichewa (a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe)
Zimbabwean (a native or inhabitant of Zimbabwe)
Holonyms ("Republic of Zimbabwe" 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)
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