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HIGH DAM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does High Dam mean?
• HIGH DAM (noun)
The noun HIGH DAM has 1 sense:
1. one of the world's largest dams on the Nile River in southern Egypt
Familiarity information: HIGH DAM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the world's largest dams on the Nile River in southern Egypt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Aswan High Dam; High Dam
Instance hypernyms:
dam; dike; dyke (a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea)
Holonyms ("High Dam" is a part of...):
Arab Republic of Egypt; Egypt; United Arab Republic (a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC)
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