Synset

the territory occupied by a nation
<noun.location> freq. cnt.: 36 freq. cnt.: 29 freq. cnt.: 7

sample sentences

"he returned to the land of his birth"
"he visited several European countries"

semantic pointers

hypernym

administrative district, administrative division, territorial division

hyponym

banana republic native land, homeland, motherland, mother country, fatherland, country of origin buffer state, buffer country kingdom tax haven European country, European nation African country, African nation Asian country, Asian nation South American country, South American nation North American country, North American nation sultanate

member meronym

department state, province

part meronym

land, domain, demesne midland

instance hyponym

Antigua and Barbuda Cape Verde, Republic of Cape Verde Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ceylon Comoros, Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros Cuba, Republic of Cuba Haiti, Republic of Haiti Dominican Republic Jamaica Barbados Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Cyprus, Republic of Cyprus Dominica, Commonwealth of Dominica East Timor Fiji, Republic of Fiji Israel, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion Etruria Australia, Commonwealth of Australia Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, TT Marshall Islands, Republic of the Marshall Islands Tuvalu Kiribati, Republic of Kiribati Nauru, Republic of Nauru Papua New Guinea, Independent State of Papua New Guinea Bahamas, Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Bahama Islands Burkina Faso, Upper Volta Indonesia, Republic of Indonesia, Dutch East Indies Grenada Maldives, Republic of Maldives Malta, Republic of Malta Mauritius, Republic of Mauritius New Zealand Palau, Republic of Palau, TT Philippines, Republic of the Philippines Saint Kitts and Nevis, Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Christopher-Nevis, St. Christopher-Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia, St. Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa, Independent State of Samoa, Western Samoa, Samoa i Sisifo Sao Tome and Principe, Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Sao Tome e Principe, Sao Thome e Principe, St. Thomas and Principe Seychelles, Republic of Seychelles Solomon Islands Rus Soviet Union, Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR Russia, Russian Federation Ukraine, Ukrayina Turkmenistan, Turkomen, Turkmen, Turkmenia Tonga, Kingdom of Tonga, Friendly Islands Turkey, Republic of Turkey Vanuatu, Republic of Vanuatu, New Hebrides