REPUBLIC OF GUINEA-BISSAU

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Republic of Guinea-Bissau mean? 

• REPUBLIC OF GUINEA-BISSAU (noun)
  The noun REPUBLIC OF GUINEA-BISSAU has 1 sense:

1. a republic on the northwestern coast of Africa; recognized as independent by Portugal in 1974

  Familiarity information: REPUBLIC OF GUINEA-BISSAU used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPUBLIC OF GUINEA-BISSAU (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A republic on the northwestern coast of Africa; recognized as independent by Portugal in 1974

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Guine-Bissau; Guinea-Bissau; Portuguese Guinea; Republic of Guinea-Bissau

Instance hypernyms:

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

Meronyms (parts of "Republic of Guinea-Bissau"):

Bissau; capital of Guinea-Bissau (the capital of Guinea-Bissau)

Holonyms ("Republic of Guinea-Bissau" 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)