indian ocean
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1. the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south (noun.object)
| instance hypernym | : | ocean, |
| definition | : | a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | ceylon, |
| definition | : | an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of India (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | comoro islands, iles comores, |
| definition | : | three main islands and numerous islets in the Indian Ocean between Mozambique and Madagascar (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | madagascar, |
| definition | : | an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa; the 4th largest island in the world (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | maldive islands, maldives, |
| definition | : | a group of about 1,200 small coral islands (about 220 inhabited) in the Indian ocean (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | mauritius, |
| definition | : | an island in the southwestern Indian Ocean (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | seychelles, seychelles islands, |
| definition | : | a group of about 90 islands in the western Indian Ocean to the north of Madagascar (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | antarctic ocean, |
| definition | : | the southern waters surrounding Antarctica (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | arabian sea, |
| definition | : | a northwestern arm of the Indian Ocean between India and Arabia (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | bay of bengal, |
| definition | : | an arm of the Indian Ocean to the east of India (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | gulf of aden, |
| definition | : | arm of the Indian Ocean at the entrance to the Red Sea (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | mozambique channel, |
| definition | : | an arm of the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and southeastern Africa (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | red sea, |
| definition | : | a long arm of the Indian Ocean between northeast Africa and Arabia; linked to the Mediterranean at the north end by the Suez Canal (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | timor sea, |
| definition | : | an arm of the eastern Indian Ocean between Timor and northern Australia (noun.object) |
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