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River en · PROPN

Etymology

From river.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A unisex given name.
    • Apparently, early in the day, a journalist had decided to bring up his brother River Phoenix's death in his interview, which threw him off and trainwrecked the day for everyone, including me. 2017, Carrie Keagan, Dibs Baer, Everybody Curses, I Swear!: Uncensored Tales from the Hollywood Trenches, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 131:
    • Wash: Little River gets more colorful by the moment. What'll she do next? Zoe: Either blow us all up or rub soup in our hair. It's a toss-up. Wash: I hope she does the soup thing, it's always a hoot and we don't all die from it. 2002 December 13, Joss Whedon, Firefly, season 1, episode 14, Objects in Space
    • The Doctor: Oh, this is my friend River. Nice hair, clever, and has her own gun. And unlike me, she really doesn't mind shooting people. I shouldn't like that. Kinda do, a bit. 2011 April 30, Steven Moffat, Doctor Who, series 6, episode 2, Day of the Moon
  2. (countable, rare, uncountable) A surname.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A place name: ▸ A suburban village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2943).
  4. (countable, uncountable) A place name: ▸ A hamlet in Tillington parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU9322).
  5. (countable, uncountable) A place name: ▸ A township in Red Lake County, Minnesota, United States.

Forms

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Rivers Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Riverton · Rayne

Relateds

Rivers