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Medway.

A major river which flows through East Sussex and Kent, southern England, and into the Thames Estuary.

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈmɛdweɪ/
  1. A major river which flows through East Sussex and Kent, southern England, and into the Thames Estuary.

  2. A unitary authority and borough in North Kent, England, which includes the Medway Towns on both sides of the river.

  3. A place in the United States: A township in Hamilton County, Kansas.

  4. A place in the United States: A town in Penobscot County, Maine.

  5. A place in the United States: A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

  6. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Bethel Township, Clark County, Ohio.

  7. A locality in the Wingecarribee council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Where this word comes from

From Old English Medewæġe, from Romano-British Late Latin Madus.

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