JAMES RIVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does James River mean? 

• JAMES RIVER (noun)
  The noun JAMES RIVER has 2 senses:

1. a river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads

2. a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri

  Familiarity information: JAMES RIVER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JAMES RIVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

James; James River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("James 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

James; James River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("James River" is a part of...):

N.D.; ND; North Dakota; Peace Garden State (a state of north central United States bordering on Canada)

Coyote State; Mount Rushmore State; S.D.; SD; South Dakota (a state in north central United States)