LA PLATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does La Plata mean? 

• LA PLATA (noun)
  The noun LA PLATA has 1 sense:

1. an estuary between Argentina and Uruguay

  Familiarity information: LA PLATA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LA PLATA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An estuary between Argentina and Uruguay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

La Plata; Plata River; Rio de la Plata

Instance hypernyms:

estuary (the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix)

Holonyms ("La Plata" is a part of...):

Argentina; Argentine Republic (a republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America)

Uruguay (a South American republic on the southeast coast of South America; achieved independence from Brazil in 1825)

 Context examples 

'Challenger, George Edward. Born: Largs, N. B., 1863. Educ.: Largs Academy; Edinburgh University. British Museum Assistant, 1892. Assistant-Keeper of Comparative Anthropology Department, 1893. Resigned after acrimonious correspondence same year. Winner of Crayston Medal for Zoological Research. Foreign Member of'—well, quite a lot of things, about two inches of small type—'Societe Belge, American Academy of Sciences, La Plata, etc., etc. Ex-President Palaeontological Society. Section H, British Association'—so on, so on!—'Publications: Some Observations Upon a Series of Kalmuck Skulls; Outlines of Vertebrate Evolution; and numerous papers, including The underlying fallacy of Weissmannism, which caused heated discussion at the Zoological Congress of Vienna. Recreations: Walking, Alpine climbing. Address: Enmore Park, Kensington, W.' There, take it with you.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)