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Thames

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtɛmz/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(temz for 1, 2; thāmz, tāmz, temz for 3)

Thames (temz for 1, 2; thāmz, tāmz, temz for 3),USA pronunciation n.

Place Namesa river in S England, flowing E through London to the North Sea. 209 mi. (336 km) long.
Place Namesa river in SE Canada, in Ontario province, flowing SW to Lake St. Clair. 160 mi. (260 km) long.
Place Namesan estuary in SE Connecticut, flowing S past New London to Long Island Sound. 15 mi. (24 km) long.

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Thames n

/tɛmz/ a river in S England, rising in the Cotswolds in several headstreams and flowing generally east through London to the North Sea by a large estuary. Length: 346 km (215 miles)Ancient name: Tamesis /ˈtæməsɪs/
/teɪmz; θeɪmz/ a river in SE Canada, in Ontario, flowing south to London, then southwest to Lake St Clair. Length: 217 km (135 miles)

'Thames' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Benfleet - Berkshire - Billingsgate - Chatham - Chertsey - Chiltern Hills - City - Cleopatra's Needle - Dogs - Egham - Essex - Eton - Festival Hall - fire - Fleet - Foulness - Gravesend - Greenwich - Hammersmith and Fulham - Hampton - Henley-on-Thames - Hounslow - Isis - Kensington and Chelsea - Kew - Kingston - Kingston upon Thames - Lambeth - Lewisham - London - Maidenhead - Medway - Millennium Bridge - Newham - Oxford - Oxfordshire - Reading - Richmond - Royal National Theatre - Runnymede - Sheerness - Sheppey - Southend-on-Sea - Southwark - Staines-upon-Thames - Strand - Sunbury-on-Thames - Surrey - swan-upping - Abingdon

🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "Thames" in the title:

(In) which direction does the Thames run?
Are all the rivers in these photos the River Thames?
I've been to the Thames / by the Thames
London is [...] the Thames.
River Thames/the River Thames
south of the Thames
Thames (pronunciation)
the Baronet will never set the Thames on fire
The nymphs of the Thames
The River Thames / The Thames River
The river Thames vs the Thames river

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