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Ouseburn.

A minor river in Tyne and Wear, England, which flows through Newcastle upon Tyne to the River Tyne.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

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name/ˈuːzˌbɜːn/UK/ˈuːsˌbɜːn/UK/ˈuzˌbɝn/US
  1. A minor river in Tyne and Wear, England, which flows through Newcastle upon Tyne to the River Tyne.

Where this word comes from

Per Breeze (1998), from the Proto-Brythonic equivalent of Welsh iesin (“sparking, shining”) (cf. Taliesin). Otherwise, derived from the same root (cf. Welsh ias) with a diminutive suffix, or else from Old English ġēose (“gush”).

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