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RHINE RIVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Rhine River mean?
• RHINE RIVER (noun)
The noun RHINE RIVER has 1 sense:
1. a major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea
Familiarity information: RHINE RIVER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Rhine River" is a part of...):
Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)
France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)
Holland; Kingdom of The Netherlands; Nederland; Netherlands; The Netherlands (a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level)
Schweiz; Suisse; Svizzera; Swiss Confederation; Switzerland (a landlocked federal republic in central Europe)
Context examples
Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the North Sea and from the Rhine River to the Atlantic Ocean.
(Metropolitan France, NCI Thesaurus)
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