RUHR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A major industrial and coal mining region in the valley of the Ruhr river in northwestern Germany

Synonyms:

Ruhr; Ruhr Valley

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Holonyms ("Ruhr" 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A tributary of the Rhine

Synonyms:

Ruhr; Ruhr River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)