South Platte River
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- proper noun
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río South Platte
- If I understand you correctly, you are going to lead your ladies through unsettled Plains country - along the South Platte River trail.
- South Platte River in Denver
- South Platte River Basin
- South Platte River water
Examples
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For $7 to $10 an hour, guides lead trips along the South Platte River in the Denver metro area from mid-June through mid-August.
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More than 100 bald eagles soar above the wide, sandy channel of the South Platte River.
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To the southwest along the South Platte River is the city of Denver.
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On the morning of November 16th, the Wallingham wagon train was moving along north of the South Platte River.
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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.
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The South Platte River is the main water source for northeastern Colorado and the Denver area.
Synonyms
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A river in the central United States that flows through Colorado and Nebraska and joins the Platte River
Surface Forms
Morphology
The name is fully compositional: 'South' marks a directional/branching relation, 'Platte' is the river's name, and 'river' signals a watercourse, so the phrase denotes the southern branch/section of the Platte River. Geographic naming patterns like this are cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
South Platte River: The name comes from early French explorers who called the wide, shallow river 'platte', which means 'flat' because the river runs broad and shallow. The word South shows it is the southern branch of the Platte, so the name tells you it is the southern part of that 'flat' river.