Severn Synonyms

sevərn
A river in Ontario that flows northeast into Hudson Bay
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. severn river
A river in England and Wales flowing into the Bristol Channel; the longest river in Great Britain
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. River Severn
  2. severn river

Severn Sentence Examples

  • The Avon finally enters the estuary of the Severn at Avonmouth, though it can hardly be reckoned as a tributary of that river.

  • The Upper Avon, also called the Warwickshire, and sometimes the "Shakespeare" Avon from its associations with the poet's town of Stratford on its banks, is an eastern tributary of the Severn.

  • Richard Howe entered the navy in the "Severn," one of the squadron sent into the south seas with Anson in 1740.

  • Bewdley is pleasantly situated on the sloping right bank of the Severn, on the eastern border of the forest of Wyre.

  • Through its situation on the Severn it was connected with the sea, and in 1250 a bridge, the only one between it and Worcester, was built across the river and added greatly to the commerce of the town.

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