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Fleet.

A river (the River Fleet) in London, England, now buried underground, that flowed under the Eastern end of the present Fleet Street.

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name/fliːt/
  1. A river (the River Fleet) in London, England, now buried underground, that flowed under the Eastern end of the present Fleet Street.

  2. A former prison (the Fleet Prison) in London, which originally stood near the stream.

  3. A river, the Water of Fleet, in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland.

  4. A river in Highland council area, Scotland, which flows into Loch Fleet.

  5. A town and civil parish with a town council in Hart district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU8054).

  6. A village and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3823).

  7. A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.

  8. A surname.

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From fleet (“stream, estuary”).

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