Thames
pronunciation
How to pronounce Thames in British English:
UK [temz]
How to pronounce Thames in American English:
US [temz]
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- Noun:
- the longest river in England; flows eastward through London to the North Sea
Word Origin
- Thames
- river through London, Old English Temese, from Latin Tamesis (51 B.C.E.), from British Tamesa, an ancient Celtic river name perhaps meaning "the dark one." The -h- is unetymological (see th).
Example
- 1. The boat bus , a british bus capable of surfing the thames .
- 2. Thames water is just the latest big firm to turn to smartwater .
- 3. Yet such modest alternatives might still leave the thames down in the dumps .
- 4. The couple 's bodies were discovered on sunday , thames valley police said .
- 5. This stretch south of the thames has become the city 's most popular destination for weekend wandering .