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Colne.

A place or river in England:

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name/koʊln//koʊn//kɒln/
  1. A place or river in England: A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3776).

  2. A place or river in England: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Pendle borough, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD8940).

  3. A place or river in England: A river, known as Colne Water, which flows through the town of Colne, Lancashire, and joins Pendle Water.

  4. A place or river in England: A river in West Yorkshire, which flows into the River Calder near Mirfield.

  5. A place or river in England: A river in Hertfordshire, Greater London, Buckinghamshire and Surrey, which flows into the River Thames at Staines.

  6. A place or river in England: A river in Essex, which flows into an estuary at Brightlingsea.

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