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RUHR RIVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ruhr River mean?
• RUHR RIVER (noun)
The noun RUHR RIVER has 1 sense:
1. a tributary of the Rhine
Familiarity information: RUHR RIVER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tributary of the Rhine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Ruhr; Ruhr River
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Ruhr River" 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)
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