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RIO GRANDE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A North American river; boundary between the United States and Mexico; flows into Gulf of Mexico
Synonyms:
Rio Bravo; Rio Grande
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Rio Grande" is a part of...):
Mexico; United Mexican States (a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810)
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
