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Plata

British

/ ˈplata /

noun

Also known as: La Plata. English name: River Plate. an estuary on the SE coast of South America, between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the Uruguay and Paraná Rivers. Length: 275 km (171 miles). Width: (at its mouth) 225 km (140 miles)

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But at Friday's hearing in Mar del Plata, all criminal proceedings were suspended against the couple.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

A week after President Trump signed the peace deal with Iran, Plata Carrier started sailing from waters off the U.A.E. inside the Gulf toward Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

The ARA San Juan went missing a week after it set off from Ushuaia on Argentina's southern tip and was returning to its home port at the Mar del Plata naval base.

From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026

Earlier studies by archaeologist Miguel Delgado of the Universidad Nacional de La Plata in Argentina and Fehren-Schmitz provided detailed background on the skeleton itself.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 26, 2026

By that time Mate and I had already left for Puerto Plata, accompanied by one or the other of our mothers-in-law.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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