UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

Pronunciation (US):

• UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA (noun)
  The noun UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA has 1 sense:

1. a republic in eastern Africa

  Familiarity information: UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA used as a noun is very rare.

• UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA (noun)

Meaning:

A republic in eastern Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Tanzania; United Republic of Tanzania

Instance hypernyms:

African country; African nation (countries occupying the African continent)

Meronyms (parts of "United Republic of Tanzania"):

Olduvai Gorge (a gorge in northeastern Tanzania where anthropologists have found some of the earliest human remains)

Lake Malawi; Lake Nyasa (a long lake in southeastern Africa between Tanzania, Mozambique, and Malawi)

Kilimanjaro; Mount Kilimanjaro (the highest peak in Africa; located in northeastern Tanzania; 19,340 feet high)

Serengeti; Serengeti Plain (a vast plain in Tanzania west of the Great Rift Valley known for its wildlife)

Tanga (a port city in northeastern Tanzania on the Indian Ocean)

Tabora (a city in western Tanzania)

Mwanza (a city in northern Tanzania on Lake Victoria)

Mbeya (a city in southwestern Tanzania)

Zanzibar (an island in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa; part of the United Republic of Tanzania)

Tanganyika (a former state in East Africa; united with Zanzibar in 1964 to form Tanzania)

capital of Tanzania; Dar es Salaam (the capital and largest port city of Tanzania on the Indian Ocean)

Meronyms (members of "United Republic of Tanzania"):

Tanzanian (a native or inhabitant of Tanzania)

Instance hyponyms:

Dodoma (a city in the center of Tanzania that has been designated as the future capital)

Holonyms ("United Republic of Tanzania" is a part of...):

Africa (the second largest continent; located south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)