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  2. List of alternative names for European rivers - Wikipedia

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    Other name(s) or older name(s) Canche: Canche (French, Picard), Kwinte (Old Dutch), ... Galway River (Irish name translated into English), Ghaillimh (Irish) Çoruh:

  3. List of river name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The name may have come from French-Canadian traders and hunters who traveled along the river, or early explorers may have thought that the river flowed into Canada. Chattahoochee : from Creek cato hocce ( IPA: [tʃató hóːtʃːi] ) "marked rock".

  4. List of place names of French origin in the United States

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    Brule River (from the Ojibwe name Wiisakode-ziibi "half-burned wood river", which was translated directly into French as Bois Brulé. Half of the river disappears into a pothole in the Judge C. R. Magney State Park). Calumet (named for the French word for peace pipe) [172] Cannon River (originally named rivière aux canots, "river of the canoes ...

  5. Aa (France) - Wikipedia

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    The Aa (French pronunciation:; Picard: Abbe) is a river in northern France that is 93 km (58 miles) long. [1] [2] Originating near the village of Bourthes and emptying into the North Sea near Gravelines, the Aa is located near the north-eastern limit of the English Channel.

  6. List of tautological place names - Wikipedia

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    The river was originally named Bakká, "Bank River", and then a farm nearby was named Bakkárholt, "Bank River Hill". The river was then later renamed after the farm as Bakkárholtsá, which translates to "Bank River Hill River" [4] Most river names in the Sundanese portion of Indonesia start with the prefix ci-, which is Sundanese for "river

  7. List of rivers of France - Wikipedia

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    The rivers are grouped by sea or ocean. The rivers flowing into the sea are sorted along the coast. Rivers flowing into other rivers are listed by the rivers they flow into. Some rivers (e.g. Sûre/Sauer) do not flow through France themselves, but they are mentioned for having French tributaries. They are given in italics. For clarity, only ...

  8. Garonne - Wikipedia

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    View a machine-translated version of the French article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia.

  9. Meuse - Wikipedia

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    The name Meuse is derived from the French name of the river, derived from its Latin name, Mosa, which ultimately derives from the Celtic or Proto-Celtic name *Mosā.This probably derives from the same root as English "maze", referring to the river's twists and turns.