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RUHR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A major industrial and coal mining region in the valley of the Ruhr river in northwestern Germany
Synonyms:
Ruhr; Ruhr Valley
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Holonyms ("Ruhr" 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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A tributary of the Rhine
Synonyms:
Ruhr; Ruhr River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Ruhr" 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)
