Word

Portugal, n.

a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)
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Portugal Portuguese Republic

semantic pointers

member of this domain (region)

Portuguese duenna Grand Inquisitor

member holonym

European Union, EU, European Community, EC, European Economic Community, EEC, Common Market, Europe North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO

instance hypernym

European country, European nation

part holonym

Iberian Peninsula, Iberia Europe

part meronym

Azores, Acores Madeira Islands, Madeiras Braga Lisbon, Lisboa, capital of Portugal Porto, Oporto Setubal Lusitania Tagus, Tagus River

member meronym

Portuguese