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RHONE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A major French river; flows into the Mediterranean near Marseilles
Example:
the valley of the Rhone is famous for its vineyards
Synonyms:
Rhone; Rhone River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Rhone" is a part of...):
France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)
Schweiz; Suisse; Svizzera; Swiss Confederation; Switzerland (a landlocked federal republic in central Europe)