River Plate
English
Alternative forms
- River Platte (dated)
Etymology
Calque of Spanish Río de la Plata, using the obsolete English term plate (“silver”).
Proper noun
- A river in South America.
- Synonyms: (now more common) Río de la Plata, Plate
- 2024 December 10, Tom Phillips, Facundo Iglesia, “Maga on the River Plate as global populist right descends on Argentina”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
- “We, ladies and gentlemen, are taking our countries back. Together our nations – America and Argentina – will inspire the world,” Lara Trump, the Republican National Committee’s co-chair, told delegates who had flooded the basement of a five-star hotel by the River Plate.
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