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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)
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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' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Abingdon
- Battersea
- Benfleet
- Berkshire
- Bethnal Green
- Billingsgate
- Bloomsbury
- Chatham
- Chertsey
- Chiltern Hills
- City
- Cleopatra's Needle
- Deptford
- Dogs
- Egham
- Essex
- Eton
- Festival Hall
- Fleet
- Foulness
- Globe Theatre
- Gravesend
- Greenwich
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Hampton
- Henley
- Henley-on-Thames
- Hounslow
- Isis
- Kensington and Chelsea
- Kew
- Kingston
- Kingston upon Thames
- Lambeth
- Lewisham
- London
- Maidenhead
- Medway
- Millennium Bridge
- New London
- Newham
- Norwich
- Oxford
- Oxfordshire
- Reading
- Richmond
- Royal National Theatre
- Runnymede
- Scotland Yard
- Sheerness