african nation
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1. any one of the countries occupying the African continent (noun.location)
hypernym | : | country, land, state, |
definition | : | the territory occupied by a nation (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | namibia, republic of namibia, south west africa, |
definition | : | 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 Africa (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | algeria, algerie, democratic and popular republic of algeria, |
definition | : | a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim; colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | angola, republic of angola, |
definition | : | a republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975 and was the scene of civil war until 1990 (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | burundi, republic of burundi, |
definition | : | a landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | cameroon, cameroun, republic of cameroon, |
definition | : | a republic on the western coast of central Africa; was under French and British control until 1960 (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | chad, republic of chad, tchad, |
definition | : | a landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was under French control until 1960 (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | benin, dahomey, republic of benin, |
definition | : | a country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French control (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | togo, togolese republic, |
definition | : | a republic on the western coast of Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; formerly under French control (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | eritrea, state of eritrea, |
definition | : | an African country to the north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993 (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | botswana, republic of botswana, |
definition | : | a landlocked republic in south-central Africa that became independent from British control in the 1960s (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | arab republic of egypt, egypt, united arab republic, |
definition | : | a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | kenya, republic of kenya, |
definition | : | a republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | french guinea, guinea, republic of guinea, |
definition | : | a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958 (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | basutoland, kingdom of lesotho, lesotho, |
definition | : | a landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966 (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | liberia, republic of liberia, |
definition | : | a republic in West Africa; established in 1822 by Americans as a way to free negro slaves (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | malawi, nyasaland, republic of malawi, |
definition | : | a landlocked republic in southern central Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964 (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | french sudan, mali, republic of mali, |
definition | : | a landlocked republic in northwestern Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960; Mali was a center of West African civilization for more than 4,000 years (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | niger, republic of niger, |
definition | : | a landlocked republic in West Africa; gained independence from France in 1960; most of the country is dominated by the Sahara Desert (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | federal republic of nigeria, nigeria, |
definition | : | a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; gained independence from Britain in 1960; most populous African country (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | republic of senegal, senegal, |
definition | : | a republic in northwestern Africa on the coast of the Atlantic; formerly a French colony but achieved independence in 1960 (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | somalia, |
definition | : | a republic in extreme eastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; subject to tribal warfare (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | republic of south africa, south africa, |
definition | : | a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers) (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | republic of the sudan, soudan, sudan, |
definition | : | a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956 (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | kingdom of swaziland, swaziland, |
definition | : | a landlocked monarchy in southeastern Africa; member of the commonwealth that achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1968 (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | republic of tunisia, tunisia, |
definition | : | a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean coast; achieved independence from France in 1956 (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | republic of uganda, uganda, |
definition | : | a landlocked republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962 (noun.location) |
instance hyponym | : | northern rhodesia, republic of zambia, zambia, |
definition | : | a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964 (noun.location) |
part meronym | : | africa, |
definition | : | 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 (noun.object) |
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