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TAGUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tagus mean? 

TAGUS (noun)
  The noun TAGUS has 1 sense:

1. a European river; flows into the North Atlanticplay

  Familiarity information: TAGUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TAGUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A European river; flows into the North Atlantic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Tagus; Tagus River

Instance hypernyms:

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

Holonyms ("Tagus" is a part of...):

Portugal; Portuguese Republic (a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil))

Espana; Kingdom of Spain; Spain (a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power)


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