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HARLEM RIVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Harlem River mean?
• HARLEM RIVER (noun)
The noun HARLEM RIVER has 1 sense:
1. a channel separating Manhattan from the Bronx
Familiarity information: HARLEM RIVER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A channel separating Manhattan from the Bronx
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
channel (a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels)
Holonyms ("Harlem River" is a part of...):
Greater New York; New York; New York City (the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center)
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