RIGHT BANK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Right Bank mean? 

• RIGHT BANK (noun)
  The noun RIGHT BANK has 1 sense:

1. the region of Paris on the north bank of the Seine

  Familiarity information: RIGHT BANK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIGHT BANK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The region of Paris on the north bank of the Seine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

locality; neck of the woods; neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity (a surrounding or nearby region)

Holonyms ("Right Bank" is a part of...):

capital of France; City of Light; French capital; Paris (the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce)

 Context examples 

Mr. Morris and Dr. Seward were off on their long ride before we started; they are to keep up the right bank, far enough off to get on higher lands where they can see a good stretch of river and avoid the following of its curves.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)