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The terms of this license equally apply to, without limitation, renamings and other logically equivalent reformulations of the content of this OWL file (or portions thereof) in any natural or formal language, as well as to derivations of this content or inclusion of it in other ontologies. externalID A unique, language-neutral, variable-sized identifier for a concept that can be used to refer unambiguously to that concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. label A natural-language representation for a concept that is both human readable and readable by the Cyc inference engine. These terms are not guaranteed to refer to the same concept across time but are guaranteed to be consistent within a particular OWL export. Use 'cycAnnot:externalID' for unambiguously referring to a concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. island or island group A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOh5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandTopographicalFeature</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi7f5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslandRegion</a> is either an island, a group of islands (such as an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Archipelago</a>), or an area that includes part but not all of an island (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinvpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslandSubregion</a>). <p/> Note that the instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi7f5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslandRegion</a> include certain groups of scattered islands that do not form a natural geographical area, but which are geopolitical areas and/or were historically significant. For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViD_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FrenchPolynesia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi44ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Cyclades</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi6ZJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OuterHebrides_Archipelago</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9cZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Grenadines_Islands</a>. IslandRegion islands or island group A subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi7f5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslandRegion</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinvpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslandSubregion</a> is an area (typically a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rviE6a5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalRegion</a> and/or a region of historic importance) that is a proper subregion of an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi7OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Island</a>. Examples include the geographic territory of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViWaZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">England</a> and the territory of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjue5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DominicanRepublic</a>. island area IslandSubregion group of islands (GroupFn Island) A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjp1ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandBody</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi7f5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslandRegion</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi7OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Island</a> is a body of land surrounded by water. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi7OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Island</a>s are typically much smaller in area than (instances of the similarly-defined collection of) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwT-n15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TrueContinent</a>s (q.v.), though it would be rather arbitrary to try to distinguish these types on the basis of size alone. (And note that <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv9tl95wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAustralia</a> is both an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi7f5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslandRegion</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwT-n15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TrueContinent</a>.) For groups of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi7OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Island</a>s that form a geographical cluster, see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Archipelago</a>. island Island Two islands, Quemoy and Matsu, just of the coast of China. The military of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVigv5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Taiwan_RepublicOfChina</a> has maintained possession of these islands after fleeing from the mainland in 1949. They are not territory of the province of Taiwan. Quemoy and Matsu Islands QuemoyAndMatsuIslands ContinentOfAustralia An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkLu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Continent</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv9tl95wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAustralia</a> is the smallest <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkLu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Continent</a>. It is bounded by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjrdpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TasmanSea</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjgu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PacificOcean</a> on the east, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViH35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndianOcean</a> on the south and wast, and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqb5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CoralSea</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTlMXZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArafuraSea</a>, and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvnxGo5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TimorSea</a> on the north. Australia the Sulawesi Islands SulawesiIslands-Indonesia One of the main island groups of Indonesia the Thousand Island ThousandIslands-Region One of the islands&IslandGroups that comprise Guadeloupe the Les Saintes Island LesSaintesIslands-Guadeloupe Manjoon Islands ManjoonIslands The division of the globe comprising most of the islands in the Pacific Ocean. The subdivisions of Oceania are Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, which are grouped together in accordance with the physical and cultural characteristics of the inhabitants. Oceania also includes <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViUs5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Australia</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NewZealand</a>. Some of the islands included are American Samoa, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvnGuhpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Guam</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjiwpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PapuaNewGuinea</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SolomonIslands_TheNation</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslandOfTahiti_FrenchPolynesia</a>. Oceania Oceania-Region Melanesia-Region Melanesia is located in the Pacific, north and north-east of Australia. Melanesia Polynesia-Region Polynesia Polynesia, one of the three main ethnological divisions of Oceania, along with Melanesia and Micronesia. Polynesia is located in the central and S Pacific Ocean, and consists of large volcanic islands such as the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwEFGhpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HawaiianIslands</a> and smaller coral islands. island or island group IslandRegion A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOh5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandTopographicalFeature</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi7f5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslandRegion</a> is either an island, a group of islands (such as an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Archipelago</a>), or an area that includes part but not all of an island (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinvpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslandSubregion</a>). <p/> Note that the instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi7f5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslandRegion</a> include certain groups of scattered islands that do not form a natural geographical area, but which are geopolitical areas and/or were historically significant. For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViD_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FrenchPolynesia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi44ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Cyclades</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi6ZJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OuterHebrides_Archipelago</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9cZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Grenadines_Islands</a>. Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> TERM STRING) means that STRING is the English word or expression (sequence of words) commonly used to refer to TERM. The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> is used by the code which generates CycL to English paraphrases, but its applicability is not restricted to this use. prettyString A collection of geographical regions and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjORZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TopographicalFeature</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOh5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandTopographicalFeature</a> is a region of land distinguishable from surrounding regions by salient physical differences in surface texture, three-dimensional shape, or elevation. Note that this collection <i>includes</i> features that are covered by bodies of water, snow, or ice. <p/> Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOh5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandTopographicalFeature</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjODZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mountain</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPKjXpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Crater</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkLu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Continent</a>. Instances include the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjt7JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArabianPeninsula</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPuYTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MountZion</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVid-5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SanAndreasFault</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GreatSmokyMountains</a>, and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjXxZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">JavaTrench</a>. LandTopographicalFeature land topographical feature <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> <b>TERM1</b> <b>TERM2</b>)</code> means that <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is <i>broader</i> than <code><b>TERM1</b></code>, in an extremely general sense of &quot;broader&quot;. For example, <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is, in the relevant sense, broader than <code><b>TERM1</b></code> if any of the following hold:<br><br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is a collection that subsumes <code><b>TERM1</b></code>; <br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is a collection that has <code><b>TERM1</b></code> as an instance; <br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is a collection, instances of which have instances of the collection <code><b>TERM1</b></code> as parts; <br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> has <code><b>TERM1</b></code> as a part; <br><br> This list of reasons for why <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> <b>TERM1</b> <b>TERM2</b>)</code> could hold is not exhaustive, but it should give a good indication of how general the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> relation actually is. BT broaderTerm A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHQdVmB_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">SecondOrderCollection</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r6-wc8BKxEdeIXwCgydofLQ" class="cyc_term">CartographicFeatureType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjTtJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Place</a> whose instances are often displayed on maps or conceptualized cartographically. CartographicFeatureType cartographic feature type island or island group IslandRegion A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOh5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandTopographicalFeature</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi7f5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslandRegion</a> is either an island, a group of islands (such as an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Archipelago</a>), or an area that includes part but not all of an island (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinvpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslandSubregion</a>). <p/> Note that the instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi7f5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslandRegion</a> include certain groups of scattered islands that do not form a natural geographical area, but which are geopolitical areas and/or were historically significant. For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViD_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FrenchPolynesia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi44ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Cyclades</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi6ZJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OuterHebrides_Archipelago</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9cZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Grenadines_Islands</a>. geography-topic An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQsP1F2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Topic</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQuFAV2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Geography_Topic</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViA9JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Thing</a> which (in some significant sense) has to do with the topic of geography. Geography-Topic island or island group IslandRegion A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOh5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandTopographicalFeature</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi7f5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslandRegion</a> is either an island, a group of islands (such as an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Archipelago</a>), or an area that includes part but not all of an island (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinvpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslandSubregion</a>). <p/> Note that the instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi7f5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslandRegion</a> include certain groups of scattered islands that do not form a natural geographical area, but which are geopolitical areas and/or were historically significant. For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViD_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FrenchPolynesia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi44ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Cyclades</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi6ZJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OuterHebrides_Archipelago</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9cZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Grenadines_Islands</a>.