Río de la Plata

American  

[ree-aw the lah plah-tah] / ˈri ɔ ðɛ lɑ ˈplɑ tɑ /

noun

1. an estuary on the southeastern coast of South America between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, about 185 miles (290 km) long.

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Río de la Plata British  

/ ˈriːəʊ də lɑː ˈplɑːtə /

noun

1. See Plata

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Example Sentences

At Martín García Island, Argentina, a series of crags amid the Río de la Plata delta, she tries to make sense of crooked crosses cast from a single mold.

From Los Angeles Times

Pictures and videos show the intensely coloured water flowing into an estuary, the Rio de la Plata, which borders an ecological reserve.

From BBC

That's a sharp contrast to just across the Rio de La Plata estuary in Buenos Aires, where inflation hit 124% in August, the highest since 1991, capital controls are barely holding back a fall in the currency, and net reserve levels are in the red.

From Reuters

Scientists already knew that megaflash-producing storms are particularly likely to form in the North American Great Plains, as well as in South America’s Río de la Plata Basin, and the study confirmed that.

From Scientific American

Authorities began drawing water instead from the Rio de La Plata River.

From Seattle Times