name
Meaning 1
A surname from Navajo used by the Navajo people.
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Standard Lemma guide
blackwater
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name
Meaning 2
A place or river in England:
A river in Essex, which flows into the North Sea at Bradwell.
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name
Meaning 3
A place or river in England:
A river in Hampshire, Surrey and Berkshire, which joins the River Loddon; the Hampshire town of Blackwater is on this river.
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Meaning 4
A place or river in England:
A river in Wiltshire and Hampshire, which joins the River Test.
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Meaning 5
A place or river in England:
A village in St Agnes parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW7346).
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Meaning 6
A place or river in England:
A town in Blackwater and Hawley parish, Hart district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU8559).
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Meaning 7
A place or river in England:
A village in Arreton parish, Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ5086).
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name
Meaning 8
Any of several rivers in Ireland
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Meaning 9
Any of several rivers in Ireland:
A river in County Fermanagh and County Armagh, Northern Ireland, with a stretch on the border with County Monaghan, Ireland; the river flows into Lough Neagh.
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noun
Meaning 10
Water, especially in a river or other body of water, that has a naturally dark appearance.
Water that contains dark organic matter such as loam or tannins.
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Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 11
Water, especially in a river or other body of water, that has a naturally dark appearance.
Water that is acidic and low in nutrients.
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Usage: uncountable, usually
Qualifier: river classification
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noun
Meaning 12
Blackwater fever; malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum.
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noun
Meaning 13
Waste from domestic toilets; water containing fecal matter.
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noun
Meaning 14
any of several human or animal diseases characterized by dark urine resulting from rapid breakdown of red blood cells
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Broader terms: disease
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English black Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Germanic *watōr Proto-West Germanic *watar Old English wæter Middle English water English water English blackwater From black + water.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Cornish: Dowrdu — village in Cornwall
- Polish: Blackwater — village in Cornwall
- Polish: woda czarna — river classification
- Spanish: agua negra — river classification
- Afrikaans: swartwater — contaminated waste water
- Armenian: կեղտաջուր (keġtaǰur) — contaminated waste water
- Armenian: կոյուղաջուր (koyuġaǰur) — contaminated waste water
- Chinese Mandarin: 黑水 (hēishuǐ) — contaminated waste water
- Chinese Mandarin: 污水 (wūshuǐ) — contaminated waste water
- Dutch: zwart water — contaminated waste water
- Dutch: zwartwater — contaminated waste water
- Finnish: käymälävesi — contaminated waste water
- French: eaux noires — contaminated waste water
- German: Schwarzwasser — contaminated waste water
- Italian: acqua di scolo — contaminated waste water
- Italian: acque nere — contaminated waste water
- Polish: woda czarna — contaminated waste water
- Portuguese: esgoto — contaminated waste water
- Russian: фека́льный отхо́д (fekálʹnyj otxód) — contaminated waste water
- Russian: чёрная вода́ (čórnaja vodá) — contaminated waste water
- Spanish: agua negra — contaminated waste water
- Vietnamese: nước đen — contaminated waste water
- Vietnamese: nước bẩn — contaminated waste water
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