NOVAYA ZEMLYA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Two islands in the Arctic Ocean belonging to Russia; site of a test center for nuclear warheads

Synonyms:

Nova Zembla; Novaya Zemlya

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Holonyms ("Novaya Zemlya" is a part of...):

Russia; Russian Federation (a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state)

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