Río de la Plata

[ Spanish ree-aw the lah plah-tah ]

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.

Río de la Plata

/ ˈriːəʊ də lɑː ˈplɑːtə /

noun

1. See Plata

Example Sentences

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

Citizens branded as subversives were stripped, drugged and tossed from airplanes into the Río de la Plata.

From Los Angeles Times

The sensuous dance, initially forbidden, emerged in the late 1800s among immigrants and formerly enslaved people in the poorer boroughs of Buenos Aires and Montevideo, Uruguay, on the banks of the Río de la Plata.

From Washington Post