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    EAST AFRICA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A geographical area in eastern Africaplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

    geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

    Meronyms (parts of "East Africa"):

    Burundi; Republic of Burundi (a landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika)

    Ruanda; Rwanda; Rwandese Republic (a landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colony)

    Kenya; Republic of Kenya (a republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya)

    Tanzania; United Republic of Tanzania (a republic in eastern Africa)

    Republic of Uganda; Uganda (a landlocked republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962)

    Holonyms ("East Africa" 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)

    Derivation:

    East African (of or relating to or located in East Africa)

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