COLUMBIA RIVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Columbia River mean? 

• COLUMBIA RIVER (noun)
  The noun COLUMBIA RIVER has 1 sense:

1. a North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLUMBIA RIVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Columbia; Columbia River

Instance hypernyms:

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

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

Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)

Evergreen State; WA; Wash.; Washington (a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific)