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Definition of La Plata
1. Noun. An estuary between Argentina and Uruguay.
Group relationships: Argentina, Argentine Republic, Uruguay
Generic synonyms: Estuary
Lexicographical Neighbors of La Plata
Literary usage of La Plata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1916)
"FOR about six months beginning July 22, 1914, the writer had his residence in
the Observatorio Astronómico at La Plata, Argentina, about thirty miles ..."
2. Narrative and Critical History of America by Justin Winsor (1889)
"THE VALLEY OF THE La Plata RIVER. — Alexander Dalrymple's Catalogue of ...
The cartography of the La Plata Valley and of its several divisions is best ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The See of La Plata, by wish of the Argentine Government, was founded at the ...
The city of La Plata, capital of the Argentine Province of Buenos Aires, ..."
4. Annual Report (1873)
"The Rio La Plata heads in the northern portion of the group and flows west of
south, bordered for 13 miles of its course on either side by peaks of the La ..."
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