Definition of Thames River

1. Noun. The longest river in England; flows eastward through London to the North Sea.

Exact synonyms: River Thames, Thames
Group relationships: England
Generic synonyms: River

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thames River

Thainess
Thais
Thakurgaon District
Thal procedure
Thalarctos
Thalarctos maritimus
Thales
Thales of Miletus
Thalia
Thalictrum
Thalidone
Thamar
Thames
Thames River (current term)
Thamesian
Thameside
Thamien
Thammuz
Thamnophilus
Thamnophis
Thamnophis proximus
Thamnophis sauritus
Thamnophis sirtalis
Thamud
Thamudic
Thamuds
Thanatos
Thane

Literary usage of Thames River

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Village London: The Story of Greater London by Edward Walford (1884)
"... Manor-house—The Parish Church—The Rectory - Waterside Taverns—Thames Angling—House-boats on the Thames— River Scenery—Shepperton ..."

2. Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals, and Railways, Throughout by Joseph Priestley (1831)
"... by the suspension bridge across the Tees, to the proposed docks, this trade will be considerably increased. Thames River. 2 Henry VI. ..."

3. Hansard's Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1879)
"PRIVATE BILLS (by Order}—Select Committee—Liverpool Lighting, nominated; Thames River (Prevention of Floods), Other Members nominated. ..."

4. United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic Coast. Part IV. From Point Judith to New by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Herbert Gouverneur Ogden, John Ross, Herbert Cornelius Graves, Harry L. Ford (1899)
"The Thames River flows into the eastern end of Long Island Sound, to the northwestward of ... Norwich, a city at the head of navigation on the Thames River, ..."

5. Parliamentary Debates (1888)
"When he went to the district it was represented to him, as it had been represented to his predecessor, that the debris coming down tho Thames River did ..."

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