Severn

//ˈsev.ən// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A river in England and Wales that flows into the Bristol Channel.

    "There twice a day the Severn fills, ⁠The salt sea-water passes by, ⁠And hushes half the babbling Wye, And makes a silence in the hills."

  2. 2
    A long river in northern Ontario which flows into Hudson Bay.
  3. 3
    A short river in central Ontario which flows into Lake Huron.
  4. 4
    A number of other rivers in Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
  5. 5
    A township in Ontario, Canada, created in 1994 on the amalgamation of several smaller communities.
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  1. 6
    A census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States.
  2. 7
    A small town in Northampton County, North Carolina, United States.
  3. 8
    A surname.

Synonyms

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river severnsevern river

Example

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"The River Severn is only 354 km, but it is the longest river in England."

Etymology

From Middle English Severne, from Old English Sæfern, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *Sabrinā (compare Welsh Hafren), perhaps from *samaros (“summer fallow”). Doublet of Sabrina.

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