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	INEX: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (River)
		The lower end of a river is its base level, commonly called its mouth, a river typically widens at its end and forms what is known as a river delta or estuary.
		Rivers may be crossed by ford s, bridge s, ferries or tunnel s.
		Meuse - principal river of the southern provinces of the Netherlands and eastern Belgium.
	infao5501.ag5.mpi-sb.mpg.de:8080 /topx/archive?link=Wikipedia-Lip6-2/25510.xml&style (1938 words)

	River Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A river may have its source in a spring, lake, from damp, boggy landscapes where the soil is waterlogged, from glacial melt, or from surface runoff of precipitation.
		Rivers have been used by man since the dawn of civilization as a source of water, for food, for transport, as defences, as a source of power to drive machinery, and as a means of disposing of waste.
		Lena River – the principal river of northeastern Siberia
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /topic/River.html (2844 words)

	River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rivers begin at their source in higher ground, either rising from a spring, forming from glacial meltwater, flowing from a body of water such as a lake, or simply from damp, boggy places where the soil is waterlogged.
		Maas, the principal river of the southern provinces of the Netherlands and eastern Belgium
		The Tigris, one of the twin principal rivers of Mesopotamia
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/River (2401 words)

	River
		The Lena, the principal river of northeastern Siberia
		The Maas, the principal river of the southern provinces of the Netherlands and eastern Belgium
		The Wabash River, the principal river of Indiana
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/r/ri/river.html (2024 words)

	Busy Traveler: list-of-country-name-etymologies-post (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The former name of the island of Britanny was Albion.
		The name "Cambodia" derives from that of the ancient Khmer kingdom of Kambuja (Kambujadesa).
		Named by Italian colonizers, from the Latin name for the Red Sea "Mare Erythraeum" ("Errythraean sea") which in turn derived from the ancient Greek name for the Red Sea: "Erythrea Thalassa".
	busy-traveler.blogspot.com /2007/04/list-of-country-name-etymologies-post.html (4687 words)

	Countries: List of country name etymologies (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The native name "Bharat" is often said to derive from the name of an ancient king "Jada Bharatha", but it could possibly also derive from a different king, Bharat, the son of the legendary king Dushyanta.
		The country was named after the Liechtenstein dynasty purchased and united the counties of Schellenburg and Vaduz and were allowed by the Holy Roman Emperor to rename the new property after its own family.
		The earliest Slavic name "Zeta" derives from the name of a river in Montenegro which itself derives from an early root meaning "harvest" or "grain".
	www.theparentingsearch.com /Countries/Country_name_etymologies.shtml (2963 words)

	List of river name etymologies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		River Severn: Latin "Sabrina" from an Old British river goddess of that name, becoming "Hafren" in modern Welsh
		Brazos: Spanish "Los Brazos de Dios" (the arms of God), there are several different explanations for the name, all involving it being the first water to be found by desperately thirsty parties.
		Hudson: Named for Henry Hudson, an Englishman sailing for the Netherlands, who explored it in 1609.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_river_name_etymologies (200 words)

	River
		Maas, the principal river of the southern provinces of the Netherlands and eastern Belgium
		The Susquehanna River, the principal river of Pennsylvania and the Chesapeake Bay
		The Tigris, one of the twin principal rivers of Mesopotamia
	articles.gourt.com /en/river (2636 words)

	List of reference tables
		This is a list of reference tables, similar to the collection of reference tables found at the back of almanacs, dictionaries and encyclopedias (or an index of them, if they're scattered throughout the work).
		List of mean centers of U.S. population during the 20th century
		List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England
	www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/l/li/list_of_reference_tables.html (1016 words)

	River
		The water within a river is generally from precipitation through surface runoff, groundwater recharge (as seen at baseflow conditions / during periods of lack of precipitation) and release of stored water in natural reservoirs, such as a glacier.
		Rivers have been used by man since the dawn of civilization as a source of water, for food, for transport, as a defensive barrier, as a source of power to drive machinery, and as a means of disposing of waste.
		Rivers in fact flow down gradient irrespective of direction, often in a complex meandering path involving all directions of the compass.
	www.jgames.co.uk /title/River (2750 words)

	LINGUIST List 12.3157: "Chicago" Etymology, Last Posting
		The river's name was based on a salient plant in its watershed.
		Naming a river after a plant that is abundant in its watershed is a common Miami-Illinois place naming practice.
		He got the native names for the Chicago River, the Maumee River, the Kankakee River, the Wabash River, the Ohio River, the Vermilion of Illinois, the White River of Indiana and the Milwaukee River of Wisconsin.
	linguistlist.org /issues/12/12-3157.html (3182 words)

	Wiktionary:Criteria for inclusion - Simple English Wiktionary
		For most given names and family names, it is easy to show that the word fits the criteria, because most given names and family names are in common use.
		Nicknames, diminutives, names from one's father's first name (patronymics) and abbreviations of names (such as Jock, Misha, Kenny, Ken, and Rog) are treated the same way as other names.
		One good rule of thumb on whether a name has become a generic word is whether the word can be used without capitalization (as "sandwich" was in the previous sentence).
	simple.wiktionary.org /wiki/Wiktionary:Criteria_for_inclusion (2370 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/River
		Damodar - the principal river of Chotanagpur plateau, India and a primary tributary of Hooghly River
		Dnieper – one of the main rivers of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.
		Volga – principal river of Russia and the longest river in Europe
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/River (2555 words)

	Site Contents at the free Online Encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		List of songs in which the title constitutes the entire lyrics
		List of songs in which the title pretty much sums up the entire point of the whole song
		List of songs which have the word Song in title or lyrics
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /index_198.html (217 words)

	River - WaterWiki
		Upstream from Karlsruhe the Rhine River is the border between France and Germany.
		Rivers of this size are often referred to as a "creek."
		Amur - principal river of eastern Siberia and boarder river Russia/China
	water.wikia.com /wiki/River (1939 words)

	Society Fresh : Article 'List of company name etymologies' (Site not responding. Last check: )
		They looked for a name that was unlike the names of traditional computer companies, a name that also supported a brand positioning strategy that was to be perceived as simple, warm, human, approachable and different.
		Its name is an abbreviation of Companhia Siderýrgica Paulista.
		The name IKEA comes from a clever acronym using the initials of the founder, Ingvar Kamprad, who was from a family farm called Elmtaryd, which was near the village of Agunnaryd.
	www.society-fresh.net /DisplayArticle276054.html (10151 words)

	River Oaks Furniture, Inc. Business Information, Profile, and History
		As its current CEO Thomas A. Dieterich maintains, River Oaks Furniture, Inc., is virtually a new company, one that in April 1999 emerged from the bankrupt ashes of its predecessor of the same name.
		Rivers are the most significant modifiers of the landscape, and their course has also determined the pattern of settlement, agriculture, and trade.
		The Lena, the principal river of northeastern Siberia
	companies.jrank.org /pages/3587/River-Oaks-Furniture-Inc.html (3524 words)

	AdStart - Identity Blog: List of company name etymologies
		Adidas - from the name of the founder Adolf (Adi) Dassler.
		Its name is an abbreviation of Companhia Siderúrgica Paulista.
		The name IKEA comes from a clever acronym using the initials of the founder, Ingvar Kamprad, who was from a family farm called Elmtaryd, which was near the village of Agunnaryd.
	paulmaior.blogspot.com /2006/01/list-of-company-name-etymo_113856486352637567.html (7337 words)

	READINGS: Churilo Plenkovich
		One source of this name is probably the Greek name, Cyril, and in some ballads the name Tsirilo is still found.
		(d) The name of Churilo is corrupted into gusinko, gosling, and the story of his deeds may have become ugly, owing to the connotation of such words as curidlo.
		The name of the cuckold husband, Bermyata of Permyata, has been identified with the city of Perm, which is said to derive its name from the ancient title of Biarmia, which the country bore when it was inhabited by the Finns.
	www.sunbirds.com /lacquer/readings/1077 (1169 words)

	List of reference tables - Gurupedia
		This is a list of reference tables, similar to the collection of reference tables found at the back of almanacs, dictionaries and encyclopedias (or an index of them, if they're scattered throughout the work).
		List of mean centers of U.S. population during the 20th century
		List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England
	www.gurupedia.com /l/li/list_of_reference_tables.htm (1148 words)

	Wikinfo \| Toponymy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Toponymy is the taxonomic study of place names, their origins and their meanings.
		It is itself a branch of onomastics, the study of names of all kinds.
		List of toponyms (with names derived from a place or region)
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Toponymy (155 words)

	River - Psychology Central (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Amur - principal river of eastern Siberia and boarder river Russia/China
		Meuse - principal river of the southern provinces of the Netherlands and eastern Belgium.
		Potomac River - principal river of the District of Columbia in the United States
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/River (2142 words)

	Emerging Ethnonyms, Ethnicity and Archaeology
		It is also suggested that archaic ethnonyms, hidden in ancient territorial names that came into use during Medieval times in Sweden, to some extent, represent those peoples who were forced to relinquish their independance to a growing royal and/or ecclesiastic centralism - the emerging state.
		Territorial names are of considerable stability as well as ethnonyms, even though geographical borders are often less stable.
		The etymology signals a situation when the designations were invented, thus giving insight into the source writers´ view of the peoples mentioned and - probably - the peoples’ own views as reflected in the ethnonyms.
	www.nps.gov /history/seac/wallerstrom/wallerstrom1.htm (4797 words)

	Musings on Limlight
		Limlight is the enigmatic name of a tributary of the Anduin, that marks Rohan’s northern border.
		In this latter note we are told that the river was named anew by the Éothéod, being alterations of the older names to fit their own tongue.
		And the tentative coincidence between the meaning of the Elvish name of the Limlight and Skirfare, which depends on a chain of hypotheses, is not enough basis to state that this river of the Middle-earth was inspired by the Yorkshire stream.
	www.elvish.org /Tengwestie/articles/DeRosarioMartinez/limlight.phtml (3782 words)

	Devil's Hopyard
		Leading the list of places named for the Devil are Dens with five, followed closely by Backbones with four, and Footprints, Rocks and Kitchens with two each.
		Of all the places in Connecticut bearing the Devil's name, the one with the greatest variety of legendary etymologies is the 860-acre state park in East Haddam known as the Devil's Hopyard.
		It seems the Indians held their powwows in a meadow beside the Connecticut River, near a spot in the river where there was a "blow-hole." Sometimes the water just seemed to blow up from the bottom of the river through the hole, throwing a great geyser into the air.
	www.curbstone.org /index.cfm?webpage=72 (2426 words)

	GreatFacts.com - Amazing Facts
		Next, two mules take the dead carcass out of the stadium and where they have a celebration in honor of the owner of the bull and a feast (guess what the main course is!).
		Ironically, a dentist named William Semple was behind the decision.
		Disclaimer:The facts listed on this site are believed to be true, but we have not verified all of them, so some of the information may be incorrect.
	www.greatfacts.com /18.htm (2542 words)

	The Tower of Babel Affair
		The list is probably not complete, but we are given a good picture of the division of our race into three branches each having been gifted special giftedness and unique qualities by God, highlighting the spiritual, intellectual and physical sides of man as he was created in the image of God.
		Nimrod's name is from the verb "let us revolt." He is said to be a mighty hunter (gibbor tsayidh) in the sight of the Lord, but the language has a dark meaning.
		Egypt (or Mizraim, in Hebrew-an ancient name for Egypt) became the father of the Egyptian Empire, settling in the Nile Valley.
	www.ldolphin.org /babel.html (15155 words)

	Language Log: Scirus
		Scirus' list of sources is impressive but not all openly accessible: several key resources, like Elsevier's Science Direct and the American Institute of Physics' Scitation, will only be available to those with subscriptions.
		After he had fallen in the battle, the Eleusinians buried him near a winter-flowing river and the name of the region and the river is from that of the hero."
		Scirus is a perfectly fine English brand name in phonetic terms, with an appropriate echo of science and citation, and a certain amount of neo-classical dignity.
	itre.cis.upenn.edu /~myl/languagelog/archives/001681.html (320 words)

	EndlessDream: ...
		It was originally named 'Googol', a word for the number represented by 1 followed by 100 zeros.
		Hoechst - from the name of a district in Frankfurt
		Tesa - the name of the secretary was Elsa Tesmer
	atlantis13579.spaces.live.com /Blog/cns!617A3C8C0544540D!2193.entry (5682 words)

	List of reference tables - Wikipedia
		List of songs with the word "song" in their title or lyrics
		List of songs with the same name as their performers
		List of city nicknames (with a separate list of city nicknames in the United States)
	dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_reference_tables (734 words)

	List of reference tables (Site not responding. Last check: )
		List of mean centers of U.S. population during the 20th century
		List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England
		List of Judicial Committees of the Privy Council & House of Lords cases
	www.enlightenweb.net /l/li/list_of_reference_tables.html (1022 words)

	Toponymy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The is derived from the Greek topos place and ounouma name.
		It is itself a branch onomastics the study of names of all
		Brisant, River Axe, Brisance, Fermín Francisco Lasuén, 2000 in the Netherlands, Sinéad O'Connor, River Ant, Dashiell Hammett, International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, John Moore (anarchist), Pinkerton National Detective Agency, Pinkerton Agency, Euronat, Nick and Nora Charles, John P. Marquand, Margaret Booth, Integrated Sachs Wolfe effect, Tendon, Sinew, Mr.
	www.freeglossary.com /Toponymy (254 words)

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