Stour

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English

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Etymology

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Most of the rivers' names are from the root of stour (powerful, tall, large), though some may have been borrowed through and influenced by Celtic (compare Welsh dŵr (water).[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Stour

  1. A river in Dorset, England, which flows into the English Channel at Christchurch.
  2. A river in Kent, England, running from the confluence of the Great Stour and Little Stour to the English Channel at Pegwell Bay.
  3. A river in Essex and Suffolk, England, flowing into the North Sea at Harwich.
    • 2021, A. K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches, Granta Books, page 37:
      The Stour is at its lowest ebb, and the sheen of the flats makes it difficult to tell where ground ends and water begins, out in the bay.
  4. A river in Oxfordshire and Warwickshire, England, which joins the Warwickshire Avon near Stratford-on-Avon.
  5. A river in Staffordshire, West Midlands, and Worcestershire, England, which flows into the River Severn.

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Taylor, Isaac: Words and Places, London, 2nd edition, 1921, p.143

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