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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 Seaplay

  Familiarity information: ELBE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ELBE (noun)


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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