RHINE RIVER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea

Synonyms:

Rhein; Rhine; Rhine River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

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

Holonyms ("Rhine 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)

France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

Holland; Kingdom of The Netherlands; Nederland; Netherlands; The Netherlands (a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level)

Schweiz; Suisse; Svizzera; Swiss Confederation; Switzerland (a landlocked federal republic in central Europe)