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SEVERN RIVER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A river in England and Wales flowing into the Bristol Channel; the longest river in Great Britain

Synonyms:

River Severn; Severn; Severn River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Severn River" is a part of...):

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

Cambria; Cymru; Wales (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A river in Ontario that flows northeast into Hudson Bay

Synonyms:

Severn; Severn River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Severn River" is a part of...):

Ontario (a prosperous and industrialized province in central Canada)

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