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CANTON RIVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Canton River mean?
• CANTON RIVER (noun)
The noun CANTON RIVER has 1 sense:
1. a river in southeast China that flows into the South China Sea
Familiarity information: CANTON RIVER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A river in southeast China that flows into the South China Sea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Canton River; Chu Kiang; Pearl River; Zhu Jiang
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Canton River" is a part of...):
Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)
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