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ELIZABETH RIVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Elizabeth River mean?
• ELIZABETH RIVER (noun)
The noun ELIZABETH RIVER has 1 sense:
1. a short river in southeastern Virginia flowing between Norfolk and Portsmouth into Hampton Roads
Familiarity information: ELIZABETH RIVER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A short river in southeastern Virginia flowing between Norfolk and Portsmouth into Hampton Roads
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Elizabeth River" is a part of...):
Old Dominion; Old Dominion State; VA; Va.; Virginia (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War)
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