marshall islands
English Thesaurus
1. a group of coral islands in eastern Micronesia (noun.location)
| instance hypernym | : | archipelago, |
| definition | : | a group of many islands in a large body of water (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | bikini, |
| definition | : | an atoll in the Marshall Islands; formerly used by the United States as a site for testing nuclear weapons (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | eniwetok, |
| definition | : | an atoll in the Marshall Islands; site of an amphibious assault in World War II; later used temporarily by the United States to test atomic bombs (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | kwajalein, |
| definition | : | an atoll in the western Marshall Islands that was used as a Japanese air and naval base during World War II (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | federated states of micronesia, micronesia, tt, |
| definition | : | a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986 (noun.location) |
2. a republic (under United States protection) on the Marshall Islands (noun.location)
| instance hypernym | : | country, land, state, |
| definition | : | the territory occupied by a nation (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | marshall islands, |
| definition | : | a group of coral islands in eastern Micronesia (noun.location) |
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