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thames
/tɛmz/
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What does thames mean?
proper noun
- A river in southern England, flowing 336 km (209 mi.) from Gloucestershire, through Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Surrey and Greater London, and between Essex and Kent to the Thames Estuary and North Sea.
- A sea area centred on the Thames Estuary.
- A river in Ontario, Canada, flowing 258 km (160 mi.) to Lake St. Clair.
More meanings (3)
proper noun
- A river in the U.S. State of Connecticut flowing 24 km (15 mi.) past New London to Long Island Sound.
- A town in Thames-Coromandel district, Waikato, New Zealand, situated on the Firth of Thames (a large bay) and the Coromandel Peninsula.
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/tɛmz/
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Have I lived to be carried in a basket like a barrow of butcher’s offal, and to be thrown in the Thames?
From the tone of his voice I knew that the night mystery of the Thames had claimed at least one other victim.
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I see, as in a vision, barge loads upon barge loads of bones floating down the Thames to the great Bone Factory.
During the trips upon the Thames, a happy accident occurred, which first suggested the advantage of reducing the length of the screw.
The tribe in which he was a principal chief had at one time been oppressed by another tribe from the Thames River.