severn
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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/ˈsɛv.ə(ɹ)n/
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/ˈsɛv.ə(ɹ)n/ (UK) · /ˈsev.ən/ · /ˈsɛv.ɚn/ (US)
Definition of severn
8 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
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A river in England and Wales that flows into the Bristol Channel.
“There twice a day the Severn fills, The salt sea-water passes by, And hushes half the babbling Wye, And makes a silence in the hills.”
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A river in England and Wales that flows into the Bristol Channel.
“There twice a day the Severn fills, The salt sea-water passes by, And hushes half the babbling Wye, And makes a silence in the hills.”
- A long river in northern Ontario which flows into Hudson Bay.
- A short river in central Ontario which flows into Lake Huron.
- A number of other rivers in Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
- A township in Ontario, Canada, created in 1994 on the amalgamation of several smaller communities.
- A census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States.
- A small town in Northampton County, North Carolina, United States.
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English Severne, from Old English Sæfern, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *Sabrinā (compare Welsh Hafren), perhaps from *samaros (“summer fallow”). Doublet of Sabrina.
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