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ORINOCO RIVER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A South American river 1,500 miles long; flows into the South Atlantic
Synonyms:
Orinoco; Orinoco River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Orinoco River" is a part of...):
Colombia; Republic of Colombia (a republic in northwestern South America with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; achieved independence from Spain in 1821 under the leadership of Simon Bolivar; Spanish is the official language)
Republic of Venezuela; Venezuela (a republic in northern South America on the Caribbean; achieved independence from Spain in 1811; rich in oil)