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List of rivers of Montserrat; List of rivers of Puerto Rico; List of rivers of Saint Kitts and Nevis; List of rivers of Saint Lucia; List of rivers of Saint Martin (France) List of rivers of Saint Pierre and Miquelon; List of rivers of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; List of rivers of Trinidad and Tobago; List of rivers of the United States ...
Shannon: Irish Sionann, name of a river goddess, Old Irish Sinann, from sen "old, ancient" [6] Siret: from ancient Thracian Seretos, probably from PIE *sreu = "to flow" Slaney: Irish meaning "river of health" Tay: Celtic river goddess Tawa (Tava, Tatha, "the silent one") [7] Tambre: From Tamaris with the same root that Tamar.
River Waveney (the "ey" part of the name means "river") Winterbourne Stream, East Sussex, UK — bourne meaning a stream that only flows in winter. River Wissey (the "ey" part of the name means "river") Withlacoochee River, Withlacoochee probably comes from the Muskogean word meaning "little river." Bakkárholtsá in the Ölfus region of ...
Some rivers have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. This article provides known alternative names for all major European rivers. It also includes alternative names of some lesser rivers that are important because of their location or history. This article does not offer any opinion about what the "original", "official ...
A river in eastern Virginia which has no direct association with dried corn although its English name of "hominy" is derived from this term. It actually originated in Mexico and Central America. The river is named after the Chickahominy Indian tribe who lived in the area near Richmond, including the famous Chief Powhatan and Pocahontas.
List of longest rivers of the United States (by main stem) List of longest rivers of the United States by state; List of rivers of the United States by discharge; List of National Wild and Scenic Rivers; List of river borders of U.S. states; List of rivers of U.S. insular areas; List of rivers of the Americas by coastline
Fucking, Austria.The village was renamed on 1 January 2021 to "Fugging" [1] Hell, Norway.The hillside sign is visible in the background in the left corner. Place names considered unusual can include those which are also offensive words, inadvertently humorous (especially if mispronounced) or highly charged words, [2] as well as place names of unorthodox spelling and pronunciation, including ...
[9] [10] An unusual example is the River Cam, which originally was called the Granta, but when the town of Grantebrycge became Cambridge, the river's name changed to match the toponym. Another unusual example is the River Stort which is named after the town on the ford Bishops Stortford rather than the town being named after the river.