2. a major industrial and coal mining region in the valley of the Ruhr river in northwestern Germany; [syn: Ruhr, Ruhr Valley]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Ruhr
n 1: a tributary of the Rhine [syn: Ruhr, Ruhr River]
2: a major industrial and coal mining region in the valley of
the Ruhr river in northwestern Germany [syn: Ruhr, Ruhr
Valley]