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CANARIES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces

Synonyms:

Canaries; Canary Islands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

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

Meronyms (parts of "Canaries"):

Tenerife (a Spanish island in the Atlantic off the northwestern coast of Africa; the largest of the Canary Islands)

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

Espana; Kingdom of Spain; Spain (a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power)

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