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  2. List of river name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Nossob: from Khoikhoi meaning "black river". Ohlanga: from Zulu meaning "reed". Olifants: from Afrikaans meaning "elephants". Omi Osun: from Yoruba meaning "waters of the spirit-goddess Ọṣun ". Orange: from Afrikaans "Oranje", meaning Orange, which was named after William V, Prince of Orange.

  3. Lists of etymologies - Wikipedia

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    List of country-name etymologies. British — UK counties — German — India — Irish — Romanian counties — Bulgarian provinces — Brazilian states — U.S. states — Filipino provinces; List of etymologies of administrative divisions; List of national capital city name etymologies; List of river name etymologies

  4. Lists of rivers - Wikipedia

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    List of longest undammed rivers; List of river name etymologies; List of rivers by age; List of rivers by discharge; List of rivers by length; List of rivers of Central America and the Caribbean; List of rivers of the Americas; List of rivers of the Americas by coastline; List of river films and television series

  5. Hydronym - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. List of rivers of Arizona - Wikipedia

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    Deer Creek. Tapeats Creek. Thunder River. Bright Angel Creek. Little Colorado River. Puerco River. Black Creek (Arizona) Silver Creek. Zuni River.

  7. Category:Lists of rivers - Wikipedia

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    R. List of rivers that have reversed direction. Rivers of classical antiquity. Rivers of Galicia. List of rivers of Sumbawa. List of rivers of the Rocky Mountains.

  8. List of tautological place names - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. List of rivers of the United States - Wikipedia

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    List of longest rivers of the United States (by main stem) List of National Wild and Scenic Rivers; List of river borders of U.S. states; List of rivers in U.S. insular areas; List of rivers of the Americas by coastline; List of U.S. rivers by discharge