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ELBE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Elbe mean?
• ELBE (noun)
The noun ELBE has 1 sense:
1. a river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea
Familiarity information: ELBE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Elbe; Elbe River
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Elbe" is a part of...):
Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)
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