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REPUBLIC OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Republic of Equatorial Guinea mean?
• REPUBLIC OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA (noun)
The noun REPUBLIC OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA has 1 sense:
1. a country of west central Africa (including islands in the Gulf of Guinea); became independent from Spain in 1968
Familiarity information: REPUBLIC OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• REPUBLIC OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A country of west central Africa (including islands in the Gulf of Guinea); became independent from Spain in 1968
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Equatorial Guinea; Republic of Equatorial Guinea; Spanish Guinea
Instance hypernyms:
African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Republic of Equatorial Guinea"):
Bioko (an island in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Equatorial Guinea)
Holonyms ("Republic of Equatorial Guinea" 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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