NECKAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Neckar mean? 

• NECKAR (noun)
  The noun NECKAR has 1 sense:

1. a river in Germany; rises in the Black Forest and flows north into the Rhine

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NECKAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A river in Germany; rises in the Black Forest and flows north into the Rhine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Neckar; Neckar River

Instance hypernyms:

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

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

Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)

 Context examples 

I felt as if I'd got into a romance, sitting there, watching the Neckar rolling through the valley, listening to the music of the Austrian band below, and waiting for my lover, like a real storybook girl.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)