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Ruhr

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ruhr rivernouna tributary of the rhine
ruhr valleynouna major industrial and coal mining region in the valley of the ruhr river in northwestern germany

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ruhr rivernouna tributary of the rhine
ruhr valleynouna major industrial and coal mining region in the valley of the ruhr river in northwestern germany
rhinenounA major river in western Europe, which flows through Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Germany, France and the Netherlands, before emptying into the North Sea.
essennounA major industrial city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany.
rheinnoun(organic chemistry) An anthraquinone found in rhubarb.
mulheimnoun
rhinelandnoun(usually with the definite article) An area on both sides of the river Rhine, in the west of Germany. Roughly equivalent to the former Prussian Rhine Province, now the greater part of Rhineland-Palatinate plus the south-western half of North Rhine-Westphalia.
rhenishnounPertaining to wine produced in the Rhine region.
rhinelandicnounOf or pertaining to the Rhineland.
rheinenoun(organic chemistry) Archaic form of rhein. [(organic chemistry) An anthraquinone found in rhubarb.]
rijnwaardennounA former municipality of Gelderland, Netherlands.
ripuariannounA West Central German dialect group, spoken in the northern Rhineland (including the cities of Bonn, Cologne, Düsseldorf and Aachen), as well as parts of German-speaking Belgium and south-eastern Limburg (Netherlands); linguistically, the least affected by the consonant shift of all High German dialects
rhynenounA kind of Russian hemp.
rüdesheimernounA white wine from Rüdesheim on the Rhine, opposite Bingen.
river basinnoun(geography) An extent of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a river or series of rivers.
rupelnounA short but broad tidal river in northern Belgium, right tributary of the Scheldt.
niersteinernounA variety of Rhine wine from Nierstein, near Mainz.
rhônenounA department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
rhonddanounA former coal-mining valley in South Wales.
rinenoun(UK dialectal) A watercourse or ditch.

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