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BRUNEI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sultanate in northwestern Borneo; became independent of Great Britain in 1984
Synonyms:
Brunei; Negara Brunei Darussalam
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
sultanate (country or territory ruled by a sultan)
Meronyms (members of "Brunei"):
Bruneian (a native or inhabitant of Brunei)
Holonyms ("Brunei" is a part of...):
Borneo; Kalimantan (3rd largest island in the world; in the western Pacific to the north of Java; largely covered by dense jungle and rain forest; part of the Malay Archipelago)
Holonyms ("Brunei" is a member of...):
ASEAN; Association of Southeast Asian Nations (an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism)
Derivation:
Bruneian (of or relating to or characteristic of Brunei or its people)
