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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 Roadsplay

  Familiarity information: ELIZABETH RIVER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ELIZABETH RIVER (noun)


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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