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Definition of Right bank
1. Noun. The region of Paris on the north bank of the Seine.
Group relationships: Capital Of France, City Of Light, French Capital, Paris
Definition of Right bank
1. Noun. (of a river) the bank to the right when facing downstream ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Right Bank
Literary usage of Right bank
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1886)
"At the seventeenth verst is the hamlet of Shur, on the right bank ... on the
right bank, Fort Chil-dara, while facing it on the left bank is Pator. ..."
2. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"Major-General Sir John Lambert, with the reserve, met the whole falling back in
confusion. right bank of the river (about 300 yards across) .a battery of ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"All the defences enumerated are on the right bank. On the left bank the two old
forts Isabelle and Marie alone defend the Scheldt. ..."
4. Italy: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1900)
"Quarters of the City on the right bank. On the right bank of the Tiber are situated
two distinct quarters : towards the N. the Borgo, or quarter of the ..."
5. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1880)
"The river here takes a turn to the north, and we followed the right bank for a
... The town is on the right bank, and the river 1000 to 1200 yards wide. ..."
6. The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1903)
"the Kandel (see below); after about 1 hr. it ascends on the right bank of the
stream. ... The station lies on tlie right bank, to the N. of the town, ..."
7. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists (1869)
"Blue Spring, right bank. 17 & 18. Two mounds in the woods below ... Mound below
the outlet of Lake Dexter, right bank. 25. ..."
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