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VANUATU

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Vanuatu mean? 

VANUATU (noun)
  The noun VANUATU has 1 sense:

1. a volcanic island republic in Melanesia; independent since 1980play

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


 Dictionary entry details 


VANUATU (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A volcanic island republic in Melanesia; independent since 1980

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

New Hebrides; Republic of Vanuatu; Vanuatu

Instance hypernyms:

country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)

Meronyms (parts of "Vanuatu"):

capital of Vanuatu; Port Vila; Vila (capital of Vanuatu)

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

Melanesia (the islands in the southwestern part of Oceania)


 Context examples 


A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southwest of Wallis and Fortuna and east of Vanuatu.

(Fiji, NCI Thesaurus)



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