AMAZON RIVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Amazon River mean? 

• AMAZON RIVER (noun)
  The noun AMAZON RIVER has 1 sense:

1. a major South American river; arises in the Andes and flows eastward into the South Atlantic; the world's 2nd longest river (4000 miles)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMAZON RIVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A major South American river; arises in the Andes and flows eastward into the South Atlantic; the world's 2nd longest river (4000 miles)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Amazon; Amazon River

Instance hypernyms:

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

Holonyms ("Amazon 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)

Peru; Republic of Peru (a republic in western South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; was the heart of the Inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries)

 Context examples 

The team identified key factors that are critical to bloom formation: a large seed population in the winter left over from a previous bloom, nutrient input from West Africa upwelling in winter, and nutrient input in the spring or summer from the Amazon River.

(Satellites Find Biggest Seaweed Bloom in the World, NASA)