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ORANGE RIVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Orange River mean? 

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

1. a river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Oceanplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ORANGE RIVER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Orange; Orange River

Instance hypernyms:

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

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

Republic of South Africa; South Africa (a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers))


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