Plate

Etymology
See.

Proper noun

 * 1) The River Plate.
 * 2) * 2004, Dudley Pope, The Battle Of The River Plate: The Hunt For The German Pocket Battleship Graf Spree, page 184: translating a telegram sent in 1939 to the German Foreign Office:
 * It would be preferable in view of the shortage of ammunition to blow her up in the shallow waters of the Plate and to have the crew interned.
 * 1) * 2004, Dudley Pope, The Battle Of The River Plate: The Hunt For The German Pocket Battleship Graf Spree, page 184: translating a telegram sent in 1939 to the German Foreign Office:
 * It would be preferable in view of the shortage of ammunition to blow her up in the shallow waters of the Plate and to have the crew interned.
 * It would be preferable in view of the shortage of ammunition to blow her up in the shallow waters of the Plate and to have the crew interned.

Proper noun

 * 1) An island off the coast of Troad