Instance_Hypernym

noun

a demarcated area of the Earth

Member_meronym

British West Indies 1

noun

the islands in the West Indies that were formerly under British control, including the Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Antigua, Grenada, Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad

Canada 1

noun

a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada

Australia 1

noun

a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony

British Isles 1

noun

Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic

British East Africa 1

noun

the former British territories of eastern Africa, including Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, and Zanzibar

British Empire 1

noundomain: location

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

a former empire consisting of Great Britain and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I; it included the British Isles, British West Indies, Canada, British Guiana; British West Africa, British East Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand

Examples

1.the sun never sets on the British Empire

Member_holonym

British West Indies 1

noun

the islands in the West Indies that were formerly under British control, including the Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Antigua, Grenada, Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad

Canada 1

noun

a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada

Australia 1

noun

British Isles 1

noun

Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic

British East Africa 1

noun

the former British territories of eastern Africa, including Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, and Zanzibar