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river
What does river mean?
river (noun): a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek).
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce river?
/ˈɹɪvɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does river come from?
From Middle English ryver, from Anglo-Norman rivere, from Early Medieval Latin rīpāria (“littoral, riverbank”), from Latin rīpārius (“of a riverbank”), from Latin rīpa (“river bank”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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