west africa

English Thesaurus

1. an area of western Africa between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region,
definition	:	a demarcated area of the Earth (noun.location)

part holonym	:	british west africa,
definition	:	the former British territories of western Africa, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Togo, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast (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)