NORTH PLATTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does North Platte mean? 

• NORTH PLATTE (noun)
  The noun NORTH PLATTE has 2 senses:

1. a river that rises in northern Colorado and flows northward into Wyoming and then eastward and southeastward through Nebraska where it joins the South Platte to form the Platte River

2. a town in west central Nebraska on the Platte River

  Familiarity information: NORTH PLATTE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NORTH PLATTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A river that rises in northern Colorado and flows northward into Wyoming and then eastward and southeastward through Nebraska where it joins the South Platte to form the Platte River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

North Platte; North Platte River

Instance hypernyms:

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

Holonyms ("North Platte" is a part of...):

Centennial State; CO; Colo.; Colorado (a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains)

Cornhusker State; NE; Neb.; Nebraska (a midwestern state on the Great Plains)

Equality State; WY; Wyo.; Wyoming (a state in the western United States; mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A town in west central Nebraska on the Platte River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("North Platte" is a part of...):

Cornhusker State; NE; Neb.; Nebraska (a midwestern state on the Great Plains)