SARDINIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sardinia mean? 

• SARDINIA (noun)
  The noun SARDINIA has 2 senses:

1. the Italian region on the island of Sardinia; the kingdom of Sardinia was the nucleus for uniting Italy during the 19th century

2. an island in the Mediterranean to the west of Italy

  Familiarity information: SARDINIA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SARDINIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The Italian region on the island of Sardinia; the kingdom of Sardinia was the nucleus for uniting Italy during the 19th century

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Sardegna; Sardinia

Instance hypernyms:

Italian region (Italy is divided into 20 regions for administrative purposes)

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

Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An island in the Mediterranean to the west of Italy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Sardegna; Sardinia

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

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

Mediterranean; Mediterranean Sea (the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia)

Derivation:

Sardinian (of or relating to or characteristic of Sardinia or its people or its language)