1.  solomon islands(n = noun.location) - the southern Solomon Islands that since 1978 form an independent state in the British Commonwealth;
is a kind of country, land, state
is a part of solomon islands, solomons
has parts: bougainville, honiara

2.  solomon islands(n = noun.location) solomons - the northernmost islands are part of Papua New Guinea; the remainder form an independent state within the British Commonwealth;
is a kind of archipelago
is a part of melanesia
has parts: guadalcanal, solomon islands

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