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RHEIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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 ("Rhein" 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)
