URUGUAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Uruguay mean? 

• URUGUAY (noun)
  The noun URUGUAY has 1 sense:

1. a South American republic on the southeast coast of South America; achieved independence from Brazil in 1825

  Familiarity information: URUGUAY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• URUGUAY (noun)

Meaning:

A South American republic on the southeast coast of South America; achieved independence from Brazil in 1825

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

South American country; South American nation (countries occupying the South American continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Uruguay"):

capital of Uruguay; Montevideo (the capital and largest city of Uruguay; a cosmopolitan city and one of the busiest ports in South America)

La Plata; Plata River; Rio de la Plata (an estuary between Argentina and Uruguay)

Meronyms (members of "Uruguay"):

Uruguayan (a native or inhabitant of Uruguay)

Holonyms ("Uruguay" is a part of...):

South America (a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama)

Holonyms ("Uruguay" is a member of...):

OAS; Organization of American States (an association of countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation)