REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Republic of Burundi mean? 

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

1. a landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Burundi; Republic of Burundi

Instance hypernyms:

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

Meronyms (parts of "Republic of Burundi"):

Bujumbura; capital of Burundi; Usumbura (the capital and largest city of Burundi)

Meronyms (members of "Republic of Burundi"):

Hutu (a member of a Bantu people living in Rwanda and Burundi)

Tutsi; Watusi; Watutsi (a member of a Bantu speaking people living in Rwanda and Burundi)

Burundian (a native or inhabitant of Burundi)

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

East Africa (a geographical area in eastern Africa)

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)