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OLDUVAI GORGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Olduvai Gorge mean?
• OLDUVAI GORGE (noun)
The noun OLDUVAI GORGE has 1 sense:
1. a gorge in northeastern Tanzania where anthropologists have found some of the earliest human remains
Familiarity information: OLDUVAI GORGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A gorge in northeastern Tanzania where anthropologists have found some of the earliest human remains
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
gorge (a deep ravine (usually with a river running through it))
Holonyms ("Olduvai Gorge" is a part of...):
Tanzania; United Republic of Tanzania (a republic in eastern Africa)
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