SOLOMONS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Solomons mean? 

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

1. the northernmost islands are part of Papua New Guinea; the remainder form an independent state within the British Commonwealth

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOLOMONS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The northernmost islands are part of Papua New Guinea; the remainder form an independent state within the British Commonwealth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Solomon Islands; Solomons

Instance hypernyms:

archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)

Meronyms (parts of "Solomons"):

Guadalcanal (a mountainous island; the largest of the Solomon Islands in the independent state that is a member of the British Commonwealth)

Solomon Islands (the southern Solomon Islands that since 1978 form an independent state in the British Commonwealth)

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

Melanesia (the islands in the southwestern part of Oceania)