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PLATTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Platte mean?
• PLATTE (noun)
The noun PLATTE has 1 sense:
1. a river in Nebraska that flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River
Familiarity information: PLATTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A river in Nebraska that flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Platte; Platte River
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Platte" is a part of...):
Cornhusker State; NE; Neb.; Nebraska (a midwestern state on the Great Plains)
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