SAN MARINO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does San Marino mean? 

• SAN MARINO (noun)
  The noun SAN MARINO has 2 senses:

1. the capital and only city of San Marino

2. the smallest republic in the world; the oldest independent country in Europe (achieved independence in 301); located in the Apennines and completely surrounded by Italy

  Familiarity information: SAN MARINO used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAN MARINO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The capital and only city of San Marino

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of San Marino; San Marino

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("San Marino" is a part of...):

Republic of San Marino; San Marino (the smallest republic in the world; the oldest independent country in Europe (achieved independence in 301); located in the Apennines and completely surrounded by Italy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The smallest republic in the world; the oldest independent country in Europe (achieved independence in 301); located in the Apennines and completely surrounded by Italy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Republic of San Marino; San Marino

Instance hypernyms:

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

Meronyms (parts of "San Marino"):

capital of San Marino; San Marino (the capital and only city of San Marino)

Meronyms (members of "San Marino"):

San Marinese (a native or inhabitant of San Marino)

Holonyms ("San Marino" is a part of...):

Italian Peninsula (a boot-shaped peninsula in southern Europe extending into the Mediterranean Sea)

Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)