I wouldn't have thought so... A clearer example would be to use the word 'Hollywood' to represent 'the film industry in the USA.'
No, "Four corners of the world" is an example of a metaphor, not a metonymy. Metonymy involves substituting a word or phrase with something closely related to it, while a metaphor involves figuratively representing one thing as another.
No. A circle has no corners and a square has four corners. There is no object that has no corners and four corners.
The four corners of the great pyramid face the four compass directions of the world. The directions are North, West, South, and East.
no trees do not have four corners
the four corners of the earth.
four sides and four corners
That is called Four Corners, the only place in the US where four boundaries meet in this manner.|
Four corners
The Four Corners of Nowhere was created in 1995.
Nevada does not have a border at the Four Corners.
There are four corners on a square.
The Painted Desert is in Arizona just southwest of the Four Corners.
Utah,New Mexico,Arizona and Colarado (Four Corners of the world)