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    MAURITANIE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A country in northwestern Africa with a provisional military government; achieved independence from France in 1960; largely western Sahara Desertplay

    Synonyms:

    Islamic Republic of Mauritania; Mauritania; Mauritanie; Muritaniya

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

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

    Meronyms (parts of "Mauritanie"):

    Nouakchott (capital of Mauritania; located in western Mauritania near the Atlantic coast)

    Meronyms (members of "Mauritanie"):

    Mauritanian (a native or inhabitant of Mauritania)

    Holonyms ("Mauritanie" 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)

    Holonyms ("Mauritanie" is a member of...):

    Arab League (an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation)

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