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Scheldt.

A river flowing through France, Belgium and the Netherlands.

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Meaning & usage

name/ʃɛlt//skɛlt/
  1. A river flowing through France, Belgium and the Netherlands.

Where this word comes from

Derived from an adjective corresponding to Old English sċeald (“shallow”), from or related to Proto-Germanic *skala-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (“to dry out, wither”). Modern English shoal, Low German schol, Frisian skol, and Swedish (obsolete) skäll, "thin".

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