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TUVALU

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A group of coral islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii

Synonyms:

Ellice Islands; Tuvalu

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)

Meronyms (parts of "Tuvalu"):

Tuvalu (a small island republic on the Tuvalu islands; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it withdrew in 1975 and became independent of the United Kingdom in 1978)

Holonyms ("Tuvalu" is a part of...):

Federated States of Micronesia; Micronesia; TT (a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A small island republic on the Tuvalu islands; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it withdrew in 1975 and became independent of the United Kingdom in 1978

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)

Meronyms (parts of "Tuvalu"):

Funafuti (capital of Tuvalu)

Holonyms ("Tuvalu" is a part of...):

Ellice Islands; Tuvalu (a group of coral islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii)

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