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GILA RIVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gila River mean? 

GILA RIVER (noun)
  The noun GILA RIVER has 1 sense:

1. a river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado Riverplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GILA RIVER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Gila; Gila River

Instance hypernyms:

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

Holonyms ("Gila River" is a part of...):

Arizona; AZ; Grand Canyon State (a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon)

Land of Enchantment; N.M.; New Mexico; NM (a state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border)


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