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Bahrain

noun

1. an island in the Persian Gulf

• Syn: ↑Bahrain Island, ↑Bahrein, ↑Bahrein Island

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑island

• Part Holonyms: ↑Persian Gulf, ↑Arabian Gulf

2. an island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia; oil revenues funded progressive programs until reserves were exhausted in 1970s

• Syn: ↑State of Bahrain, ↑Bahrein

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Asian country, ↑Asian nation

• Member Holonyms: ↑Arab League

• Part Holonyms: ↑Asia, ↑Gulf States

• Member Meronyms: ↑Bahraini, ↑Bahreini

• Part Meronyms: ↑Manama, ↑capital of Bahrain

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Bahrain [Bahrain] [bɑːˈreɪn] [bɑːˈreɪn] noun singular

a country consisting of a group of islands in the Persian Gulf

Useful english dictionary. 2012.