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COLUMBIA RIVER
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I. (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
Synonyms:
Columbia; Columbia River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
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)
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