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Plata

/ ˈplata /

noun

  1. Río de la Plata
    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) Also known asLa Plata English nameRiver Plate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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When I tell blues lovers about Guadalupe Plata, they look back at me with blank stares.

The state resisted and in 2010 the Supreme Court agreed to consider Brown, Governor of California, et al. v. Plata et al.

To create the lollipop infusion, take 12 ounces of Ocho Plata Tequila and crush one large lollipop of your choice into it.

Their bodies, when putrid, floated down the stream, and many in all probability were deposited in the estuary of the Plata.

They bound themselves by a treaty to secure the free navigation of all rivers flowing into the La Plata.

La Plata has raised the standard of independence, and thinks itself sufficiently strong to obtain a government of its own.

In the battle of Plata he commanded the Athenians, and had a great share in gaining the victory.

Name, &c.—This country received its name, at first, from the name of its great river La Plata.

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