VICTORIA FALLS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Victoria Falls mean? 

• VICTORIA FALLS (noun)
  The noun VICTORIA FALLS has 2 senses:

1. a waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally

2. a large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil

  Familiarity information: VICTORIA FALLS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VICTORIA FALLS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Victoria; Victoria Falls

Instance hypernyms:

falls; waterfall (a steep descent of the water of a river)

Holonyms ("Victoria Falls" is a part of...):

Northern Rhodesia; Republic of Zambia; Zambia (a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964)

Republic of Zimbabwe; Rhodesia; Southern Rhodesia; Zimbabwe (a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980)

Zambezi; Zambezi River (an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A large waterfall on the border between Argentina and Brazil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Iguassu; Iguassu Falls; Iguazu; Iguazu Falls; Victoria Falls

Instance hypernyms:

falls; waterfall (a steep descent of the water of a river)

Holonyms ("Victoria Falls" is a part of...):

Argentina; Argentine Republic (a republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America)

Brasil; Brazil; Federative Republic of Brazil (the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter)