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PURUS RIVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Purus River mean? 

PURUS RIVER (noun)
  The noun PURUS RIVER has 1 sense:

1. a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon Riverplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PURUS RIVER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Purus; Purus River

Instance hypernyms:

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

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

Brasil; Brazil; Federative Republic of Brazil (the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter)


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