Ouse.
Various rivers in England.
Meaning & usage
Various rivers in England.
Various rivers in England. River Ouse, Yorkshire: A river in North Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire.
Various rivers in England. River Ouse, Sussex: A river in both West Sussex and East Sussex.
Various rivers in England. River Great Ouse, Northamptonshire and East Anglia.
Various rivers in England. River Little Ouse, a tributary of the River Great Ouse.
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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