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Ouse.

Various rivers in England.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/uːz/
  1. Various rivers in England.

  2. Various rivers in England. River Ouse, Yorkshire: A river in North Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire.

  3. Various rivers in England. River Ouse, Sussex: A river in both West Sussex and East Sussex.

  4. Various rivers in England. River Great Ouse, Northamptonshire and East Anglia.

  5. Various rivers in England. River Little Ouse, a tributary of the River Great Ouse.

  6. A locality in Central Highlands Council, central Tasmania, Australia.

Where this word comes from

From Old English Usa, probably of Romano-British Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *udso-, from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water”).

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