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ABAKAN (Settlement & River) Russian, EnglishDerived from the name
Abakhan which is the name of a mythological Turkish khan (king). His name means "bear's blood" in the Khakas language, and was bestowed to the present-day Abakan River and the city of the same name...
[more] AE (Settlement & River) Scottish, ScotsThe name of a village and a stream in Southwest Scotland. The name seems to be derived from Old Norse
á, meaning 'river'.
ALEI (River) GermanGerman transcription of the Russian Aley River.
AMPER (River) GermanThis is the name of a river in Southern Bavaria, located in Southern Germany....
[more] ANCRE (River) FrenchThis is the name of a river in Picardy, France.
BRAINT (River) WelshThe name of a small river on Anglesey, an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It is probably a Welsh form of
BRIGANTIA.
COQUET (River) EnglishA river in Northumberland, England. Its name originates from words of a local Brythonic-Celtic language, equivalent to the Welsh
coched, meaning 'red, brown'.
EDEN (River) EnglishThe name of a river in Cumbria, England. It derives from the Brythonic
*ituna, 'to gush forth'.
ELWY (River) WelshThe name of a river in Wales, possibly meaning "second river" from Welsh
ail "a second, another" and the river name suffix
wy.
EUFRAT (River) Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, SwedishForm of
EUPHRATES.
ISCA (River) Ancient Celtic (Latinized), HistoryRomanized form of a Celtic river name, from Common Celtic *
iska- "water" (cognate with
whiskey). This is the Latin name for both the River Exe and the River Usk, after which the towns of Exeter (Isca Dumnoniorum) and Caerleon (Isca Augusta) got their Roman names.
KIELDER (River) EnglishA river and reservoir in Northern England. It's name could come from Celtic words cognate with Welsh
clou, 'fast' and
dwr 'river'.
LEITH (Settlement & River) Scottish, Medieval ScottishThe name of a river (Water of Leith) and the settlement at it's mouth, near Edinburgh, Scotland. The name is likely of Cumbric origin and is likely cognate with the Welsh word
laith, meaning 'damp, moist'.
LIFFEY (River) IrishThe River Liffey runs through the city of Dublin in the Republic of Ireland. In poetry and mythology, the river is called Abhainn An Life, which is occasionally anglicized as 'Anna Liffey'
LULE ÄLV (River) SwedishCombination of Lule Sami
lulij "the people living in the east" (referring to forest Sami people), and Swedish
älv "river".
LYD (River) EnglishThe name of a river in Devon, England, perhaps derived from a Celtic source such as
Lludd, though the usual derivation is Old English
hlȳde "noisy stream" - which the Saxons may have assumed was the river's name.
NENT (River) EnglishA river in the North Pennines. Its name is derived from Cumbric
nent, meaning 'stream'. It is a tributary of the
TYNE.
NIDELVA (River) NorwegianThe name of a river that runs through
TRONDHEIM, and the name of a river in southern Norway. The name is a combination of the words
elv "river" and
nid (of unknown meaning).
RIMAC (River) Spanish (Latin American)Rimac River, Rimac derives from quechua "Rimay" which means "to speak", Rimac River is called "the speaking river", "the river that babbles/chatters/speaks a lot", in some sense "the roaring river" or "the noisy river".
SAN ANTONIO (Settlement & River) EnglishMeans "Saint Anthony" from Spanish
san "Saint" +
Antonio, a Spanish form of the given name
ANTHONY. The river was named after San Antonio de Padua by the first governor of Spanish Texas, Domingo Terán de los Ríos in 1691...
[more] SNIR (River) Biblical HebrewIt's a river in the Bible, near the Hermon Mount. Sometimes the Hermon itself is called "Snir".
TEES (River) EnglishA river in Northeast England. The precise origin of name is not known for sure. But, given that it is one of Britain's major rivers, several theories have emerged:...
[more] THAMES (River) EnglishThe name of the river in southern England on which London is situated. This is a Brythonic river-name, explained as a derivative of Common Brythonic *temēlos, 'darkness' (compare Old Welsh
timuil, 'darkness').
TISZA (River) HungarianName of one of the main European rivers that starts in Ukraine and passes through Hungary.
TYNE (River) EnglishA river in North-East England. Its meaning is unknown, but some sources relate it to a word in a local Celtic or pre-Celtic language
*tei-*, meaning 'river'. However, the evidence for the existence of such a word is insufficient....
[more] VOLGA (River) English, RussianEnglish and Russian name for the largest river in Europe. The Old Mari name of the river is
Volgydo, which means "bright". The name
volgydo is cognate to Finno-Ugric
valkea meaning "white" or "bright"...
[more] WEAR (River) EnglishA river in North-East England. It is taken to be of Old Celtic origin and meant 'blood-colored water', referring to the reddish-brown color of the river. In modern Welsh, the name would be
waed dwr, 'blood water'...
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