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Blood: from the Battle of Blood River, where 600 voortrekkers fought off 20,000 attacking Zulu troops. No voortrekkers were killed, but the dead Zulus (3,000 died) stained the nearby river with blood, and so the name stayed. Breede: from Afrikaans meaning "wide". Escravos: from Portuguese meaning "slaves". Forcados: from Portuguese meaning ...
Guadix River, Spain River of Acci River – Guad comes from Arabic wādi 'valley' or 'river', and ix is a corruption of Acci, the name of the town nearest the river during Roman times. [2] River Gweebarra, Ireland – from Irish gaoth Bheara, "Beara's river" Hatchie River, southern US (River River – hatchie meaning "river" in Muskogean languages)
List of drainage basins by area (including rivers, lakes, and endorheic basins); List of largest unfragmented rivers; List of longest undammed rivers; List of river name etymologies
A hydronym (from Greek: ὕδρω, hydrō, "water" and ὄνομα, onoma, "name") is a type of toponym that designates a proper name of a body of water.Hydronyms include the proper names of rivers and streams, lakes and ponds, swamps and marshes, seas and oceans.
The Board on Geographic Names settled on "Ohio River" as the river's official name in 1931, but the Decision Card, submitted on December 31, 1930 and approved on October 7, 1931 states that naming it the Ohio river was a "Restatement of previous decision"
All or almost all rivers in Europe have alternative names in different languages. 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.
List of river borders of U.S. states; ... GEOnet Names Server This page was last edited on 26 November 2024, at 02:37 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
The Tennessee River is a 652 mi (1,049 km) long river located in the southeastern United States in the Tennessee Valley. Flowing through the states of Tennessee , Alabama , Mississippi , Kentucky , it begins at the confluence of French Broad and Holston rivers at Knoxville , and drains into the Ohio River near Paducah, Kentucky .