PORTUGAL as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula
   • Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil)
   Synonym(s)
   • Portuguese Republic (what does Portuguese Republic mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Portugal is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • European country (what does European country mean?)
   • European nation (what does European nation mean?)