单词 | river state |
释义 | > as lemmasriver state river state n. a state through which a river flows, or which has a river as a frontier or border; chiefly in plural referring to all the states connected in these ways to a particular river. ΚΠ 1832 Times 18 Aug. 2/3 It never seems to have entered into the contemplation of the diplomatists of the river States at Mentz, that any foreigner could claim the right of entering the Rhine under their Convention. 1845 Southern Literary Messenger 11 578/1 There, too, should be present..all the river States, to deliberate upon the present condition of those great arteries of commerce among them. 1939 E. Lengyel Danube iii. ii. 365 In addition to the river States, France, Great Britain, Prussia and Sardinia obtained representation on this Commission by authority of the Treaty of Paris of 1856. 1976 Daily Times (Lagos) 4 Sept. 2/2 Divisional administration in the River state has been abolished with immediate effect. 1996 Nation (N.Y.) 19 Feb. 15/1 Competition among the river states surpassed any back-alley cutthroat game of Texas Hold 'Em. < as lemmas |
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