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A river in the counties of Northumberland and Tyne and Wear, in north east England. The city of Newcastle upon Tyne is found upon its northern bank and Gateshead is found upon its southern bank.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A coastal sea area that includes the mouth of this river
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A river in East Lothian council area, in southern Scotland.
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noun
anxiety; teen
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Alternative form of tine.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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verb
To lose.
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Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
To become lost; to perish.
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Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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noun
a river in northern England that flows east to the North Sea
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: River Tyne, Tyne River
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Broader terms: river
History
From Old English Tīna or Tīne, attested as a component of the place name Tinanmuþe (“Tynemouth”), possibly from Proto-Celtic *tīn (“river”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh2- (“to flow”). As such, possibly a doublet of Teign and Tenna. Also compare Latin Tina.
See teen.
Across languages
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