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    RHODESIA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980play

    Synonyms:

    Republic of Zimbabwe; Rhodesia; Southern Rhodesia; Zimbabwe

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

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

    Meronyms (parts of "Rhodesia"):

    capital of Zimbabwe; Harare; Salisbury (the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe)

    Bulawayo (industrial city in southwestern Zimbabwe)

    Victoria; Victoria Falls (a waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally)

    Zambezi; Zambezi River (an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean)

    Meronyms (members of "Rhodesia"):

    Cewa; Chewa; Chichewa (a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe)

    Zimbabwean (a native or inhabitant of Zimbabwe)

    Holonyms ("Rhodesia" 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:

    Rhodesian (of or relating to the former country of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe))

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