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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 River
Familiarity information: PURUS RIVER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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