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RHONE-ALPES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Rhone-Alpes mean?
• RHONE-ALPES (noun)
The noun RHONE-ALPES has 1 sense:
1. a mountainous region of eastern France drained by the Rhone and Saone and Isere rivers
Familiarity information: RHONE-ALPES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mountainous region of eastern France drained by the Rhone and Saone and Isere rivers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
French region (a geographical subdivision of France)
Meronyms (parts of "Rhone-Alpes"):
Lyonnais (a former province of east central France; now administered by Rhone-Alpes)
Holonyms ("Rhone-Alpes" is a part of...):
France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)
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