name
Meaning 1
A unisex given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
river
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪvəː/
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Received-Pronunciation: [ˈɹwɪvəː]
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UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Wales: /ˈɾɪvəː/
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Wales: [ˈɾɪvəː]
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New-Zealand: /ˈɹɘvɘː/
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New-Zealand: [ˈɹwɘvɘː]
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General-American: /ˈɹɪvɚ/
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General-American: [ˈɹwɪvɚ] ~ [ˈɹwɪvɹ̩]
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Scotland: /ˈɾɪvəɾ/
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Scotland: [ˈɾɪvəɾ]
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Scotland: /ˈɹɪvəɹ/
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Scotland: [ˈɹɪvəɹ]
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rhymes with -ɪvə(ɹ)
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪvə/
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General-American: /ˈɹaɪvɚ/
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rhymes with -aɪvə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: R IH1 V ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rare, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
A place name:
A suburban village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2943).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 4
A place name:
A hamlet in Tillington parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU9322).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 5
A place name:
A township in Red Lake County, Minnesota, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 6
A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a river of blood
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noun
Meaning 8
The last card dealt in a hand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: card-games, poker
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
A visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page, caused by spaces between words on consecutive lines happening to coincide.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media, publishing, typography
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
One who rives or splits.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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verb
Meaning 11
To improve one’s hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: card-games, poker
Examples
- Johnny rivered me by drawing that ace of spades.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the river was navigable for 50 miles
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stream, watercourse
Narrower terms: Aare, Aar, Aare River, Acheron, River Acheron, Adige, River Adige, Aire, River Aire, Aire River, Alabama, Alabama River, Allegheny, Allegheny River, Amazon, Amazon River, Amur, Amur River, Heilong Jiang, Heilong, Angara, Angara River, Tunguska, Upper Tunguska, Apalachicola, Apalachicola River, Araguaia, Araguaia River, Araguaya, Araguaya River, Aras, Araxes, Arauca, Argun, Argun River, Ergun He, Arkansas, Arkansas River, Arno, Arno River, River Arno, Avon, River Avon, Upper Avon, Upper Avon River, Bighorn, Bighorn River, Big Sioux River, Brahmaputra, Brahmaputra River, Brazos, Brazos River, Caloosahatchee, Caloosahatchee River, Cam, River Cam, Cam River, Canadian, Canadian River, Cape Fear River, Chao Phraya, Charles, Charles River, Chattahoochee, Chattahoochee River, Cimarron, Cimarron River, Clinch River, Clyde, Cocytus, River Cocytus, Colorado, Colorado River, Columbia, Columbia River, Congo, Congo River, Zaire River, Connecticut, Connecticut River, Coosa, Coosa River, Cumberland, Cumberland River, Danube, Danube River, Danau, Darling, Darling River, Delaware, Delaware River, Demerara, Detroit River, Dnieper, Dnieper River, Don, Don River, Ebro, Ebro River, Elbe, Elbe River, Elizabeth River, Euphrates, Euphrates River, Flint, Flint River, Forth, Forth River, Fox River, Ganges, Ganges River, Gan Jiang, Kan River, Garonne, Garonne River, Gila, Gila River, Grand River, Green, Green River, Housatonic, Housatonic River, Huang He, Hwang Ho, Yellow River, Hudson, Hudson River, IJssel, IJssel river, Illinois River, Indigirka, Indigirka River, Indus, Indus River, Irrawaddy, Irrawaddy River, Irtish, Irtish River, Irtysh, Irtysh River, Isere, Isere River, James, James River, Jordan, Jordan River, Kanawha, Kanawha River, Kansas, Kansas River, Kaw River, Kasai, Kasai River, River Kasai, Kissimmee, Kissimmee River, Klamath, Klamath River, Kura, Kura River, Lehigh River, Lena, Lena River, Lethe, River Lethe, Limpopo, Crocodile River, Little Bighorn, Little Bighorn River, Little Horn, Little Missouri, Little Missouri River, Little Sioux River, Little Wabash, Little Wabash River, Loire, Loire River, Mackenzie, Mackenzie River, Madeira, Madeira River, Magdalena, Magdalena River, Mekong, Mekong River, Merrimack, Merrimack River, Meuse, Meuse River, Milk, Milk River, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Missouri, Missouri River, Mobile, Mobile River, Mohawk River, Monongahela, Monongahela River, Moreau River, Murray, Murray River, Murrumbidgee, Murrumbidgee River, Namoi, Namoi River, Nan, Nan River, Neckar, Neckar River, Neosho, Neosho River, Neva, Neva River, New River, Niagara, Niagara River, Niger, Niger River, Nile, Nile River, Niobrara, Niobrara River, North Platte, North Platte River, Ob, Ob River, Oder, Oder River, Ohio, Ohio River, Orange, Orange River, Orinoco, Orinoco River, Osage, Osage River, Outaouais, Ottawa, Ottawa river, Ouachita, Ouachita River, Ouse, Ouse River, Parana, Parana River, Parnaiba, Parnahiba, Pearl River, Pecos, Pecos River, Pee Dee, Pee Dee River, Penobscot, Penobscot River, Ping, Ping River, Platte, Platte River, Po, Po River, Potomac, Potomac River, Purus, Purus River, Rappahannock, Rappahannock River, Red, Red River, Republican, Republican River, Rhine, Rhine River, Rhein, Rhone, Rhone River, Rio Grande, Rio Bravo, Ruhr, Ruhr River, Russian River, Saale, Saale River, Sabine, Sabine River, Sacramento River, Saint Francis, Saint Francis River, St. Francis, St. Francis River, Saint John, Saint John River, St. John, St. John River, Saint Johns, Saint Johns River, St. Johns, St. Johns River, Saint Lawrence, Saint Lawrence River, St. Lawrence, St. Lawrence River, Salmon, Salmon River, Sambre, Sambre River, San Joaquin River, Sao Francisco, Saone, Saone River, Savannah, Savannah River, Scheldt, Scheldt River, Seine, Seine River, Severn, River Severn, Severn River, Seyhan, Seyhan River, Shari, Shari River, Chari, Chari River, Shenandoah River, Snake, Snake River, South Platte, South Platte River, Styx, River Styx, Sun River, Suriname River, Surinam River, Susquehanna, Susquehanna River, Tagus, Tagus River, Tallapoosa, Tallapoosa River, Tennessee, Tennessee River, Thames, River Thames, Thames River, Tiber, Tevere, Tigris, Tigris River, Tocantins, Tocantins River, Tombigbee, Tombigbee River, Trent, River Trent, Trent River, Trinity River, Lower Tunguska, Stony Tunguska, Tyne, River Tyne, Tyne River, Uruguay River, Vetluga, Vetluga River, Vistula, Vistula River, Volga, Volga River, Volkhov, Volkhov River, Volta, Wabash, Wabash River, Weser, Weser River, White, White River, Willamette, Willamette River, Wisconsin, Wisconsin River, Yalu, Yalu River, Chang Jiang, Changjiang, Chang, Yangtze, Yangtze River, Yangtze Kiang, Yazoo, Yazoo River, Yellowstone, Yellowstone River, Yenisei, Yenisei River, Yenisey, Yenisey River, Yukon, Yukon River, Zambezi, Zambezi River, Zhu Jiang, Canton River, Chu Kiang
History
Etymology
From river.
From Middle English ryver, from Anglo-Norman rivere, from Early Medieval Latin rīpāria (“littoral, riverbank”), from Latin rīpārius (“of a riverbank”), from Latin rīpa (“river bank”), from Proto-Indo-European *h1reyp- (“to scratch, tear, cut”). Unrelated to Latin rīvus (“stream”) (whence rival, derive). Doublet of riviera and rivière. Displaced native Old English ēa.
From rive + -er.
Across languages
Translations
619 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Abenaki: sibo — large stream which drains a landmass
- Abkhaz: аʒиас (aʒjas) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Acehnese: kruëng — large stream which drains a landmass
- Acehnese: alu — large stream which drains a landmass
- Achuar: entza — large stream which drains a landmass
- Achumawi: ajúmmá — large stream which drains a landmass
- Afrikaans: rivier — large stream which drains a landmass
- Ahtna: -naʼ — large stream which drains a landmass
- Ainu: ペッ (pet) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Akkadian: 𒀀𒇉 (nāru) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Aklanon: suba' — large stream which drains a landmass
- Albanian: lumë — large stream which drains a landmass
- Southern Altai: суу (suu) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Southern Altai: ӧзӧн (özön) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Amharic: ወንዝ (wänz) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Andi: гьадор (hador) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Antillean Creole: wiviè — large stream which drains a landmass
- Antillean Creole: riviè — large stream which drains a landmass
- Antillean Creole: rivyè — large stream which drains a landmass
- Chungli Ao: ayong — large stream which drains a landmass
- Arabela: moo — large stream which drains a landmass
- Arabic: نَهْر (nahr) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Arabic: أَنْهَار (ʔanhār) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Arabic: أَنْهُر (ʔanhur) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Arabic: نهر (nahr) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Arabic: نهر (nahar) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Arabic: واد (wād) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Arabic: نهر (nahr) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Arabic: نهر (nahr) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tunisian Arabic: واد (wād) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Aragonese: río — large stream which drains a landmass
- Aramaic: ܢܗܪܐ (nahrā) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: נַהֲרָא (nahărā) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Armenian: գետ (get) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Aromanian: arãu (roa-rup) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Assamese: নৈ (noi) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Assamese: নদী (nodi) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Assamese: গাং (gaṅ) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Asturian: ríu — large stream which drains a landmass
- Atayal: llyung — large stream which drains a landmass
- Avar: гӏор (ʻor) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Aymara: jawira — large stream which drains a landmass
- Azerbaijani: çay — large stream which drains a landmass
- Azerbaijani: irmaq — large stream which drains a landmass
- Baba Malay: sunge — large stream which drains a landmass
- Bahnar: krong — large stream which drains a landmass
- Bakung: cungai — large stream which drains a landmass
- Bakung: sungi — large stream which drains a landmass
- Baluchi: کور (kor) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Baluchi: کھور (khor) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Bangi: ebale — large stream which drains a landmass
- Bashkir: йылға (yılğa) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Basque: ibai — large stream which drains a landmass
- Belarusian: рэ́кі (réki) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Belarusian: рака́ (raká) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Belarusian: рэ́чка (réčka) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Bengali: নদী (nodi) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Betawi: kali — large stream which drains a landmass
- Bhojpuri: नदी (nadī) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Bau Bidayuh: sungi — large stream which drains a landmass
- Bau Bidayuh: grongung (montane) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Central Bikol: salog — large stream which drains a landmass
- Eastern Bontoc: wangwang — large stream which drains a landmass
- Breton: stêr — large stream which drains a landmass
- Breton: aven — large stream which drains a landmass
- Breton: avon — large stream which drains a landmass
- Bulgarian: река́ (reká) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Burmese: မြစ် (mrac) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Buryat: гол (gol) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Buryat: мүрэн (müren) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Carpathian Rusyn: ріка́ (riká) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Catalan: riu — large stream which drains a landmass
- Catawba: iswa — large stream which drains a landmass
- Cebuano: suba — large stream which drains a landmass
- Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵙⵉⴼ (asif) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵉⵖⵣⵔ (iɣzr) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Chakma: 𑄉𑄧𑄋 (gaṅā) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Eastern Cham: ꨯꨴꨆ (kraung) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Chamicuro: maneli — large stream which drains a landmass
- Chechen: хи (xi) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Chepang: मातीः — large stream which drains a landmass
- Cherokee: ᎤᏪᏴ (uweyv) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Cherokee: ᎠᎹᏱ (amayi) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Cherokee: ᎡᏉᏂ ᎨᏴᎢ (equoni geyvi) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Chichewa: mtsinje — large stream which drains a landmass
- Chickasaw: abookoshi — large stream which drains a landmass
- Chinese Cantonese: 河 (ho4) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Chinese Cantonese: 江 (gong1) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Chinese Cantonese: 河流 (ho4 lau4) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Chinese: хә (hə) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Chinese: җён (jion) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Eastern Min Chinese: 河 (ò̤) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Gan Chinese: 江 (gong1) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Chinese: 河 (hô) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Chinese: 江 (kang) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Chinese Mandarin: 河 (hé) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Chinese Mandarin: 河流 (héliú) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Chinese Mandarin: 江 (jiāng) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Chinese Mandarin: 江河 (jiānghé) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Chinese Mandarin: 水流 (shuǐliú) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Chinese Mandarin: 川 (chuān) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Chinese Mandarin: 河川 (héchuān) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Wu Chinese: 江 — large stream which drains a landmass
- Wu Chinese: 河 — large stream which drains a landmass
- Xiang Chinese: 江 (jian1) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Xiang Chinese: 河 (ho2) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Chuvash: юханшыв (juh̬anš̬yv) — large stream which drains a landmass
- East Circassian: псыхъо (psəꭓwo) — large stream which drains a landmass
- West Circassian: псыхъо (psəꭓwo) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Comanche: pia hunuubi — large stream which drains a landmass
- Maore Comorian: muro — large stream which drains a landmass
- Ngazidja Comorian: mro wa madji — large stream which drains a landmass
- Coptic: ⲉⲓⲟⲟⲣ (eioor) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Coptic: ⲓⲟⲣ (ior) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Corsican: fiume — large stream which drains a landmass
- Corsican: rivu — large stream which drains a landmass
- Cree: sîpîy — large stream which drains a landmass
- Cree: sîpiy — large stream which drains a landmass
- Cree: sīpiy — large stream which drains a landmass
- Creek: hvcce — large stream which drains a landmass
- Crimean Tatar: özen — large stream which drains a landmass
- Czech: řeka — large stream which drains a landmass
- Dalmatian: floim — large stream which drains a landmass
- Danish: flod — large stream which drains a landmass
- Danish: å — large stream which drains a landmass
- Danish: elv — large stream which drains a landmass
- Dhivehi: ކޯރު (kōru) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Dogrib: deh — large stream which drains a landmass
- Dongxiang: moron — large stream which drains a landmass
- Drung: wang — large stream which drains a landmass
- Drung: dong — large stream which drains a landmass
- Central Dusun: bawang — large stream which drains a landmass
- Dutch: rivier — large stream which drains a landmass
- Dutch: stroom — large stream which drains a landmass
- Dzongkha: གཙང་ཆུ (gtsang chu) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Efik: akpa — large stream which drains a landmass
- Egyptian: i-t*:r-w-mw (jtrw) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Elfdalian: å — large stream which drains a landmass
- Elfdalian: wassl — large stream which drains a landmass
- Erzya: лей (lej) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Esperanto: rivero — large stream which drains a landmass
- Estonian: jõgi — large stream which drains a landmass
- Even: ока̄т (okāt) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Evenki: бира (bira) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Ewe: etɔ — large stream which drains a landmass
- Extremaduran: ríu — large stream which drains a landmass
- Fala: ríu — large stream which drains a landmass
- Farefare: kʋlaa — large stream which drains a landmass
- Farefare: kʋlkãtɛ — large stream which drains a landmass
- Faroese: á — large stream which drains a landmass
- Finnish: joki — large stream which drains a landmass
- French: fleuve — large stream which drains a landmass
- French: rivière — large stream which drains a landmass
- Old French: flueve — large stream which drains a landmass
- Old French: floeve — large stream which drains a landmass
- North Frisian: struum — large stream which drains a landmass
- Saterland Frisian: Äi — large stream which drains a landmass
- West-Frisian: rivier — large stream which drains a landmass
- West-Frisian: stream — large stream which drains a landmass
- Friulian: flum — large stream which drains a landmass
- Fula: 𞤥𞤢𞥄𞤴𞤮 — large stream which drains a landmass
- Fula: 𞤷𞤢𞥄𞤽𞤮𞤤 — large stream which drains a landmass
- Fula: maayo — large stream which drains a landmass
- Fula: caangol — large stream which drains a landmass
- Gagauz: derä — large stream which drains a landmass
- Galician: río — large stream which drains a landmass
- Georgian: მდინარე (mdinare) — large stream which drains a landmass
- German: Fluss — large stream which drains a landmass
- German: Strom — large stream which drains a landmass
- Gorontalo: dutula — large stream which drains a landmass
- Gothic: 𐌰𐍈𐌰 (aƕa) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Gothic: 𐍆𐌻𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃 (flōdus) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Greek: ποτάμι (potámi) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Greek: ποταμός (potamós) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Ancient Greek: ποταμός (potamós) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Greenlandic: kuuk — large stream which drains a landmass
- Mbya Guarani: yakã — large stream which drains a landmass
- Paraguayan Guarani: ysyry — large stream which drains a landmass
- Gujarati: નદી (nadī) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Haitian Creole: rivyè — large stream which drains a landmass
- Halkomelem: stó:lō — large stream which drains a landmass
- Hausa: kogi — large stream which drains a landmass
- Hawaiian: kahawai — large stream which drains a landmass
- Hawaiian: muliwai — large stream which drains a landmass
- Hebrew: נָהָר (nahár) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Higaonon: suba — large stream which drains a landmass
- Higaonon: wahig — large stream which drains a landmass
- Hiligaynon: suba — large stream which drains a landmass
- Hindi: नदी (nadī) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Hindi: सरिता (saritā) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Hindi: शैलजा (śailjā) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Hiri Motu: sinavai — large stream which drains a landmass
- White Hmong: dej — large stream which drains a landmass
- Hungarian: folyó — large stream which drains a landmass
- Hungarian: folyam — large stream which drains a landmass
- Hunsrik: Fluss — large stream which drains a landmass
- Hunsrik: Rio — large stream which drains a landmass
- Iban: sungai — large stream which drains a landmass
- Icelandic: fljót — large stream which drains a landmass
- Icelandic: á — large stream which drains a landmass
- Icelandic: elfur — large stream which drains a landmass
- Ido: rivero — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tuwali Ifugao: wangwang — large stream which drains a landmass
- Igbo: uji — large stream which drains a landmass
- Igbo: mmiri — large stream which drains a landmass
- Ilocano: karayan — large stream which drains a landmass
- Indonesian: sungai — large stream which drains a landmass
- Ingrian: joki — large stream which drains a landmass
- Interlingua: fluvio — large stream which drains a landmass
- Inuktitut: ᑰᒃ (kook) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Inuktun: kuuk — large stream which drains a landmass
- Inupiaq: kuuk — large stream which drains a landmass
- Iraqw: yaaee — large stream which drains a landmass
- Irish: abhainn — large stream which drains a landmass
- Old Irish: aub — large stream which drains a landmass
- Istriot: fioûme — large stream which drains a landmass
- Italian: fiume — large stream which drains a landmass
- Italian: rivo — large stream which drains a landmass
- Iu Mien: ndaaih — large stream which drains a landmass
- Japanese: 川 (kawa) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Javanese: kali — large stream which drains a landmass
- Javanese: lèpèn — large stream which drains a landmass
- Old Javanese: kali — large stream which drains a landmass
- Jurchen: bira — large stream which drains a landmass
- Kabiye: pɔɔ — large stream which drains a landmass
- Kaitag: еркӏ (erḳ) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Lubuagan Kalinga: chewwang — large stream which drains a landmass
- Southern Kalinga: chawwang — large stream which drains a landmass
- Kalmyk: һол (ğol) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Kalmyk: мөрн (mörn) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Kanakanabu: cakʉran — large stream which drains a landmass
- Kannada: ನದಿ (nadi) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Kannada: ಹೊಳೆ (hoḷe) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Kapampangan: ilug — large stream which drains a landmass
- Karachay-Balkar: черек (çerek) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Karachay-Balkar: суу (suu) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Karelian: jogi — large stream which drains a landmass
- S'gaw Karen: ထံကျိ (hṭee kloh) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Kashmiri: नदी (nadī) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Kashubian: rzéka — large stream which drains a landmass
- Kazakh: وزەن — large stream which drains a landmass
- Kazakh: өзен (özen) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Khakas: суғ (suğ) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Khakas: ағын (ağın) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Khasi: wah — large stream which drains a landmass
- Khmer: ទន្លេ (tɔɔtŭənlei) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Kinaray-a: suba — large stream which drains a landmass
- Kituba: nzadi — large stream which drains a landmass
- Klamath-Modoc: ɢoɢe — large stream which drains a landmass
- Komi-Permyak: ва (va) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Komi-Zyrian: ю (ju) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Kongo: mubu — large stream which drains a landmass
- Korean: 강 (gang) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Korean: 수 (su) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Korean: 가람 (garam) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Koryak: вʼэем (v'ėjem) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Kumyk: оьзен (özen) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Central Kurdish: ڕۆ (ro) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Central Kurdish: ڕووبار (rûbar) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Northern Kurdish: çem — large stream which drains a landmass
- Northern Kurdish: robar — large stream which drains a landmass
- Northern Kurdish: ro — large stream which drains a landmass
- Kyrgyz: өзөн (özön) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Kyrgyz: суу (suu) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Kyrgyz: дарыя (darıya) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Kyrgyz: дайра (dayra) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Kyrgyz: кол (kol) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Laboya: laiwe — large stream which drains a landmass
- Ladin: rü — large stream which drains a landmass
- Ladin: gherdëina/Fascian: ruf — large stream which drains a landmass
- Ladino: rio — large stream which drains a landmass
- Lao: ແມ່ນ້ໍາ (mǣ nam) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Latgalian: upe — large stream which drains a landmass
- Latin: flūmen — large stream which drains a landmass
- Latin: fluvius — large stream which drains a landmass
- Latin: amnis — large stream which drains a landmass
- Latin: rīpāria — large stream which drains a landmass
- Latvian: upe — large stream which drains a landmass
- Ligurian: sciùmme — large stream which drains a landmass
- Limburgish: reveer — large stream which drains a landmass
- Limburgish: vlód — large stream which drains a landmass
- Lingala: ebale — large stream which drains a landmass
- Lithuanian: upė — large stream which drains a landmass
- Livonian: jog — large stream which drains a landmass
- Livonian: joug — large stream which drains a landmass
- Livvi: jogi — large stream which drains a landmass
- Lolopo: vizzarmo — large stream which drains a landmass
- Lolopo: lazzarmo — large stream which drains a landmass
- Lombard: fiumm — large stream which drains a landmass
- Lomwe: muhice class 3 — large stream which drains a landmass
- Lü: ᦶᦩ (xwae) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Lü: ᦷᦀᧉᦆᦱᧉ (̇ʼo2xaa2) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Lü: ᦶᦙᧈᦓᧄᧉ (mae1nam2) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Luganda: omugga — large stream which drains a landmass
- Luhya: eluchi — large stream which drains a landmass
- Lushootseed: stúləkw — large stream which drains a landmass
- Luxembourgish: Floss — large stream which drains a landmass
- Luxembourgish: Stroum — large stream which drains a landmass
- Macedonian: река (reka) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Maguindanao: pulangi — large stream which drains a landmass
- Malagasy: mivory — large stream which drains a landmass
- Malawi Lomwe: muhinje class 3 — large stream which drains a landmass
- Brunei Malay: sungai — large stream which drains a landmass
- Malay: سوڠاي — large stream which drains a landmass
- Malay: الور — large stream which drains a landmass
- Malay: الير — large stream which drains a landmass
- Malay: باتڠ — large stream which drains a landmass
- Malay: بڠاون — large stream which drains a landmass
- Malay: کالي — large stream which drains a landmass
- Malay: واءي — large stream which drains a landmass
- Malay: چي — large stream which drains a landmass
- Malay: سإيي — large stream which drains a landmass
- Malay: sungai — large stream which drains a landmass
- Malay: alur — large stream which drains a landmass
- Malay: alir — large stream which drains a landmass
- Malay: batang — large stream which drains a landmass
- Malay: bengawan — large stream which drains a landmass
- Malay: kali — large stream which drains a landmass
- Malay: wai — large stream which drains a landmass
- Malay: ci — large stream which drains a landmass
- Malay: sei — large stream which drains a landmass
- Malayalam: നദി (nadi) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Maltese: xmara — large stream which drains a landmass
- Manchu: ᠪᡳᡵᠠ (bira) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Manchu: ᡠᠯᠠ (ula) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Manchu: ᡤᠣᠣᠯ (gool) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Manchu: ᡩᠠᡵᡳᠶᠠ (dariya) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Manx: awin — large stream which drains a landmass
- Māori: awa — large stream which drains a landmass
- Maranao: iyolog — large stream which drains a landmass
- Maranao: isoba' — large stream which drains a landmass
- Maranao: polangi — large stream which drains a landmass
- Marathi: नदी (nadī) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Marathi: सरिता (saritā) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Eastern Mari: эҥер (eŋer) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Marwari: नंदी (nandī) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Mauritian Creole: larivier — large stream which drains a landmass
- Meänkieli: joki — large stream which drains a landmass
- Meänkieli: väylä — large stream which drains a landmass
- Central Melanau: bengayi — large stream which drains a landmass
- Central Melanau: sungai — large stream which drains a landmass
- Middle English: strem — large stream which drains a landmass
- Middle English: ryver — large stream which drains a landmass
- Middle English: flod — large stream which drains a landmass
- Middle Mongol: ᠮᠥᠷᠡᠨ (mören) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Minangkabau: sungai — large stream which drains a landmass
- Mingrelian: წყარმალუ (c̣q̇armalu) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Mirandese: riu — large stream which drains a landmass
- Mizo: lui — large stream which drains a landmass
- Moksha: ляй (läj) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Mon: ကြုၚ် (krɜŋ) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Mon: ၜဳ (ḅī) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Mongolian: гол (gol) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Mongolian: мөрөн (mörön) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Mongolian: ᠭᠣᠣᠯ (ɣool) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Mongolian: ᠮᠥᠷᠡᠨ (mören) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Motu: sinavai — large stream which drains a landmass
- Muna: laa — large stream which drains a landmass
- Muong: không — large stream which drains a landmass
- Classical Nahuatl: ātōyātl — large stream which drains a landmass
- Nanai: мангбо (maŋbo) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Nandi: aina — large stream which drains a landmass
- Nanticoke: pamptuckquah' — large stream which drains a landmass
- Nauruan: ekaw — large stream which drains a landmass
- Navajo: tooh nílíní — large stream which drains a landmass
- Navajo: tooh — large stream which drains a landmass
- Naxi: hoq — large stream which drains a landmass
- Naxi: jjihoq — large stream which drains a landmass
- Ndonga: omulonga class 3 — large stream which drains a landmass
- Neapolitan: ciume — large stream which drains a landmass
- Nepali: नदी (nadī) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Newar: खुसि (khusi) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Ngarrindjeri: kuri — large stream which drains a landmass
- Car Nicobarese: ta-hël — large stream which drains a landmass
- Nivkh: эри (eri) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Nivkh: и (i) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Norman: riviéthe — large stream which drains a landmass
- Norwegian Bokmål: flod — large stream which drains a landmass
- Norwegian Bokmål: elv — large stream which drains a landmass
- Norwegian Bokmål: å — large stream which drains a landmass
- Nottoway-Meherrin: joke — large stream which drains a landmass
- Nuosu: ꒊꃀ (yyp mop) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Nyunga: beerliya — large stream which drains a landmass
- Occitan: riu — large stream which drains a landmass
- Odia: ନଦୀ (nadi) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Ojibwe: ziibi — large stream which drains a landmass
- Church Slavic: рѣка (rěka) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Church Slavic: ⱃⱑⰽⰰ (rěka) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Old East Slavic: рѣка (rěka) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Old English: ēa — large stream which drains a landmass
- Old Galician-Portuguese: rio — large stream which drains a landmass
- Old Norse: á — large stream which drains a landmass
- Old Norse: elfr — large stream which drains a landmass
- Old Prussian: apē — large stream which drains a landmass
- Old Saxon: aha — large stream which drains a landmass
- Old Saxon: flōd — large stream which drains a landmass
- Old Tupi: 'y — large stream which drains a landmass
- Old Tupi: y — large stream which drains a landmass
- Old Turkic: 𐰽𐰆𐰉 (sub) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Oromo: laga — large stream which drains a landmass
- Ossetian: дон (don) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Ossetian: цӕугӕдон (cæwgædon) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Ossetian: фурд (furd) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Pali: nadī — large stream which drains a landmass
- Pannonian Rusyn: рика (rika) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Papiamentu: riu — large stream which drains a landmass
- Pashto: سيند (sīnd) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Pennsylvania German: Rewwer — large stream which drains a landmass
- Iranian Persian: رود (rud) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Iranian Persian: رودْخانِه (rudxâne) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Iranian Persian: نَهْر (nahr) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Iranian Persian: دَرْیا (daryâ) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Piedmontese: fium — large stream which drains a landmass
- Plautdietsch: Fluss — large stream which drains a landmass
- Plautdietsch: Riwa — large stream which drains a landmass
- Polabian: rė́ka — large stream which drains a landmass
- Polish: rzeka — large stream which drains a landmass
- Kashaya: ʔahqha — large stream which drains a landmass
- Portuguese: rio — large stream which drains a landmass
- Portuguese: flume — large stream which drains a landmass
- Powhatan: yeokanta — large stream which drains a landmass
- Punjabi: ਦਰਿਆ (dariā) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Punjabi: ਨਦੀ (nadī) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Punjabi: دَریا (dareyā) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Punjabi: نَدی (nadī) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Punjabi: دریا (pnb) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Punjabi: ندی (nadī) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Quechua: mayu — large stream which drains a landmass
- Romanian: râu — large stream which drains a landmass
- Romanian: fluviu — large stream which drains a landmass
- Romansh: flum — large stream which drains a landmass
- Russian: река́ (reká) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Russian: ре́чка (réčka) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Rwanda-Rundi: uruzi — large stream which drains a landmass
- Saanich: STO — large stream which drains a landmass
- Saanich: LU — large stream which drains a landmass
- Inari-Sami: juuhâ — large stream which drains a landmass
- Northern Sami: johka — large stream which drains a landmass
- Skolt-Sami: jokk — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sango: bali — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sanskrit: नदी (nadī) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sanskrit: स्रोतस् (srotas) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Santali: ᱜᱟᱰᱟ (gaḍa) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Santali: ᱠᱷᱟᱹᱲᱤ (khăṛi) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sardinian: arriu — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sardinian: ribu — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sardinian: erriu — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sardinian: irriu — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sardinian: riu — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sardinian: rivu — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sardinian: fiúmene — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sardinian: flúmini — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sardinian: frúmene — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sardinian: frumi — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sardinian: frúmine — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sardinian: frúmini — large stream which drains a landmass
- Scots: river — large stream which drains a landmass
- Scottish Gaelic: abhainn — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sebop: cungai — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sebop: sungi — large stream which drains a landmass
- Serbo-Croatian: ре́ка — large stream which drains a landmass
- Serbo-Croatian: рије́ка — large stream which drains a landmass
- Serbo-Croatian: réka — large stream which drains a landmass
- Serbo-Croatian: rijéka — large stream which drains a landmass
- Shan: မႄႈၼမ်ႉ (māae nâ̰m) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Shawnee: θiːpi — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sicilian: ciumi — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sicilian: çiumi — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sidamo: laga — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sikkimese: ཀྱོང (kyong) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Silesian: rzyka — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sindhi: دَرياءُ (daryāu) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sinhalese: ගඟ (ganga) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Slovak: rieka — large stream which drains a landmass
- Slovene: réka — large stream which drains a landmass
- Slovincian: rzéka — large stream which drains a landmass
- Somali: webi — large stream which drains a landmass
- Lower Sorbian: rěka — large stream which drains a landmass
- Upper Sorbian: rěka — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sotho: noka — large stream which drains a landmass
- Spanish: río — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sranan Tongo: liba — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sudovian: upa — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sundanese: wahangan — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sundanese: walungan — large stream which drains a landmass
- Swahili: mto — large stream which drains a landmass
- Swedish: flod — large stream which drains a landmass
- Swedish: älv — large stream which drains a landmass
- Swedish: å — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sylheti: ꠘꠖꠤ (nodi) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Sylheti: ꠉꠣꠋ (gaṅ) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tagalog: ilog — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tajik: рӯд (rüd) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tajik: дарё (daryo) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tajik: наҳр (nahr) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Talysh: ru — large stream which drains a landmass
- Talysh: ربار (rəbâr) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tamil: ஆறு (āṟu) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tamil: நதி (nati) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tarantino: jume — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tarifit: iɣzar — large stream which drains a landmass
- Taroko: yayung — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tashelhit: asif — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tatar: елга (yılğa) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tatar: дәрья (där-ya) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tausug: suba — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tausug: sapa — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tày: tả — large stream which drains a landmass
- Telugu: నది (nadi) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tetum: mota — large stream which drains a landmass
- Thai: แม่น้ํา (mɛ̂ɛ-náam) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tibetan: གཙང་ཆུ (gtsang chu) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tibetan: ཆུ་བོ (chu bo) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tibetan: ཆུ་ཆེན (chu chen) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tigrinya: ፈለግ (fäläg) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tlingit: héen — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tocharian B: cake — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tok Pisin: wara — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tok Pisin: hanwara — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tokelauan: vaitafe — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tulu: ಸುದೆ (sude) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tumbuka: mronga — large stream which drains a landmass
- Turkish: ırmak — large stream which drains a landmass
- Turkish: nehir — large stream which drains a landmass
- Ottoman Turkish: ایرماق (ırmak) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Turkmen: derýa — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tutelo: taksitai — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tuvan: хем (xem) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Tuvan: суг (sug) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Udmurt: шур (šur) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎅𐎗 (nhr) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Ukrainian: ріка́ (riká) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Ukrainian: рі́чка (ríčka) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Umotína: pó — large stream which drains a landmass
- Unami: sipu — large stream which drains a landmass
- Urdu: نَدی (nadī) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Urdu: دَرْیا (daryā) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Urdu: نَہْر (nahr) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Uyghur: دەريا (derya) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Uyghur: дәрия (deriya) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Uzbek: daryo — large stream which drains a landmass
- Venetan: fiume — large stream which drains a landmass
- Venetan: fium — large stream which drains a landmass
- Veps: jogi — large stream which drains a landmass
- Vietnamese: sông — large stream which drains a landmass
- Vietnamese: giang — large stream which drains a landmass
- Vietnamese: hà — large stream which drains a landmass
- Vilamovian: fłūs — large stream which drains a landmass
- Volapük: flumed — large stream which drains a landmass
- Võro: jõgi — large stream which drains a landmass
- Votic: jõki — large stream which drains a landmass
- Votic: jõči — large stream which drains a landmass
- Walloon: aiwe — large stream which drains a landmass
- Walloon: mouze — large stream which drains a landmass
- Walloon: fleuve — large stream which drains a landmass
- Walloon: rivire — large stream which drains a landmass
- Waray-Waray: salog — large stream which drains a landmass
- Welsh: afon — large stream which drains a landmass
- Wiradjuri: bila — large stream which drains a landmass
- Wolof: dex — large stream which drains a landmass
- Xhosa: umlambo — large stream which drains a landmass
- Yaghnobi: дайро (dayro) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Yakut: өрүс (örüs) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Yámana: winu — large stream which drains a landmass
- Yao (Africa): lusulo class 11 — large stream which drains a landmass
- Yiddish: טײַך (taykh) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Yoruba: odò — large stream which drains a landmass
- Yoruba: ẹri — large stream which drains a landmass
- Southern Yukaghir: унун (unun) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Yup'ik: kuik — large stream which drains a landmass
- Zazaki: ro (diq) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Zazaki: rıo — large stream which drains a landmass
- Zazaki: çem (diq) — large stream which drains a landmass
- Zealandic: rivier — large stream which drains a landmass
- Zhuang: dah — large stream which drains a landmass
- Zulu: umfula — large stream which drains a landmass
- Zuni: k'yawinanne — large stream which drains a landmass
- Armenian: հեղեղ (heġeġ) — any large flow of a liquid
- Catalan: riu — any large flow of a liquid
- Czech: potok — any large flow of a liquid
- Danish: flod — any large flow of a liquid
- Dutch: stroom — any large flow of a liquid
- Finnish: virta — any large flow of a liquid
- French: torrent — any large flow of a liquid
- Galician: río — any large flow of a liquid
- German: Strom — any large flow of a liquid
- Hindi: नदी (nadī) — any large flow of a liquid
- Icelandic: fljót — any large flow of a liquid
- Japanese: 流 (ryu) — any large flow of a liquid
- Latin: rīpāria — any large flow of a liquid
- Macedonian: река (reka) — any large flow of a liquid
- Middle English: strem — any large flow of a liquid
- Middle English: ryver — any large flow of a liquid
- Middle English: flod — any large flow of a liquid
- Portuguese: rio — any large flow of a liquid
- Russian: река́ (reká) — any large flow of a liquid
- Spanish: río — any large flow of a liquid
- Swahili: mto — any large flow of a liquid
- Swedish: flod — any large flow of a liquid
- Tagalog: agusan — any large flow of a liquid
- Tok Pisin: wara — any large flow of a liquid
- Ukrainian: ріка́ (riká) — any large flow of a liquid
- Zazaki: royer — any large flow of a liquid
- Finnish: river — poker: last card dealt
- Finnish: viimeinen avokortti — poker: last card dealt
- Latin: rīpāria — poker: last card dealt
- Swahili: mto — poker: last card dealt
- Arabic: نهر أبيض — typography: visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page
- Chinese Mandarin: 川流 — typography: visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page
- Czech: řeka — typography: visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page
- Finnish: joki — typography: visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page
- French: lézarde — typography: visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page
- German: Gießbach — typography: visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page
- Hungarian: csatorna — typography: visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page
- Italian: canaletto — typography: visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page
- Polish: kanaliki — typography: visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page
- Portuguese: caminho de rato — typography: visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page
- Russian: коридор (koridor) — typography: visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page
- Spanish: calle — typography: visually undesirable effect of white space running down a page
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