Platte River
1
3.6
- proper noun
:
río Platte
- Many people enjoy kayaking and canoeing on the Platte River every spring.
- South Platte River
- North Platte River
- Platte River in Nebraska
Examples
-
Management of the Platte River, which runs through Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska, exemplifies this.
Academic text (2003) -
The study is designed to provide a wide range of geological, hydrological, and ecosystem information to help guide the state and NRDs in implementing integrated management called for by the Platte River Cooperative Agreement, signed with Colorado and Wyoming.
Academic text (2003) -
To the southwest along the South Platte River is the city of Denver.
-
On the morning of November 16th, the Wallingham wagon train was moving along north of the South Platte River.
-
If I understand you correctly, you are going to lead your ladies through unsettled Plains country - along the South Platte River trail.
-
I dream of that place where the North Platte River crosses the Laramie, a place of soldiers, treaties, and immigrant trains.
Fiction book (1994) -
The Denver citizens' militia was making an easterly crossing of the South Platte River, while the Sioux Indians were coming down from the north, picking up more braves all the time.
-
Angus MacDougal and his keelboats struck the Platte River and went as far as they could go before the water became so shallow they dared not risk further voyaging.
Fiction book (1994) -
One of the most contentious debates in the region centers on the flow of the Platte River to sustain migrating populations of whooping cranes and piping plovers.
Academic text (2003) -
Anglers are often found fishing along the Platte River during the summer months.
Synonyms
9
6.7
A river in Nebraska, United States, that flows east and joins the Missouri River
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward place-name formed by a proper noun plus the noun 'river', so a learner who knows the constituents will understand it denotes a river called 'Platte'. The naming pattern 'X River' is cross-linguistically common and follows standard compositional conventions, making the meaning immediately clear to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Platte River: The name Platte comes from the French word platte, which means 'flat'. Early French explorers called the river that because it is wide and fairly shallow, so the name stayed and now refers to the river in Nebraska.