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    SOUTH WEST AFRICA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa); achieved independence from South Africa in 1990; the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africaplay

    Synonyms:

    Namibia; Republic of Namibia; South West Africa

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

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

    Meronyms (parts of "South West Africa"):

    Windhoek (capital of Namibia in the center of the country)

    Kalahari; Kalahari Desert (a desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana)

    Namib Desert (a desert in Namibia extending along the coast between the high plateau and the Atlantic Ocean)

    Meronyms (members of "South West Africa"):

    Herero (a member of a pastoral Bantu people living in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola)

    Namibian (a native or inhabitant of Namibia)

    Domain region:

    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 ("South West 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)

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