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Definition of Severn

1. Noun. A river in Ontario that flows northeast into Hudson Bay.

2. Noun. A river in England and Wales flowing into the Bristol Channel; the longest river in Great Britain.

Definition of Severn

1. Proper noun. (rivers) A river of England and Wales that flows into the Bristol Channel. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Severn

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Severnsiders Severo Ochoa Sevilla Sevillan Sevillans Seville Seville orange Sevillian Sevillians Seward

Literary usage of Severn

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1889)
"The severn Watershed.2 By JW WILLIS BUND. The severn Watershed, with an area of 4350 square ... The severn, from its source to Beachley, in Gloucestershire, ..."

2. Great Britain: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1901)
"is a small watering-place and re sidential suburb on the severn estuary, with docks belonging to Bristol FROM BRISTOL то severn TUNNEL JUNCTION (for S. ..."

3. A.L.A. Portrait Index: Index to Portraits Contained in Printed Books and by American Library Association (1906)
"severn p. 1821* —2:139. W. Hilton p.* FIELDS, Shelf of old books (1894) 17. ... severn pi GJ Anderton eng. HARPER'S mag. (1870) 40:524. eng. ..."

4. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1808)
"Vale of Montgomery/hire. — Newtown on severn. — Llanta/oes. — Sources of the severn and the Wye. — Pafs of the Mountains between ..."

5. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1841)
"At Llanidloes the severn receives the waters of the Cly ... Previously to this accession the severn receives in Montgomeryshire, on its right bank, ..."

6. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"It falls into the severn near Powick, about three miles south of 'Worcester: it is not navigable. The stream is good for fishing, and trout and greyling are ..."

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