Severn

English

Etymology

From Middle English Severne, from Old English Sæfern, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *Sabrinā (compare Welsh Hafren), perhaps from *samaros (“summer fallow”). Doublet of Sabrina.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛv.ə(ɹ)n/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈsev.ən/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛv.ɚn/
• Homophone: seven (non-rhotic)
• Rhymes: -ɛvə(ɹ)n

Proper noun

Severn

1. A river of England and Wales that flows into the Bristol Channel.
   • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XIX, page 32:

     There twice a day the Severn fills,
     ⁠The salt sea-water passes by,
     ⁠And hushes half the babbling Wye,
     And makes a silence in the hills.

2. A long river in northern Ontario which flows into Hudson Bay.
3. A short river in central Ontario which flows into Lake Huron.
4. A number of other rivers in Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
5. A township in Ontario, Canada, created in 1994 on the amalgamation of several smaller communities.
6. A census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States.
7. A small town in Northampton County, North Carolina, United States.
8. A surname.

Derived terms

Terms derived from Severn

• Severn Beach
• Severnside
• Severnsider
• Severn Stoke
• Severn Tunnel Junction
• Stourport-on-Severn
• Upton-on-Severn
• Westbury-on-Severn

Translations

the river

• Breton: Havren (br) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 赛文河, 塞文河

• French: Severn (fr) f
• Irish: an tSabhrainn f
• Korean: 세번강 (sebeon'gang)
• Old English: Sæfern f
• Welsh: Hafren f

Anagrams

• Nevers, Vernes, nerves, nevers

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Sabrina, from Proto-Celtic *Sabrinā.

Proper noun

Severn m

1. Severn