Thames River

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English Temese, from Old English Temes, Temese (compare Welsh Tafwys), from Latin Tamesis, Tamesas. Variant spellings with h arose in Middle English due to the mistaken assumption of a Greek etymology. The Latin name is from Proto-Brythonic *Tamesis, from Proto-Celtic *tamesās (“river, waters”, literally “darkness”), a masculine ā-stem of *tames, Proto-Indo-European *tm̥Hes-, zero-grade of *témHes-, *témHos- (“darkness”), an s-stem from the root *temH- (“dark”). Related to Proto-Celtic *temeslos (“darkness”), *temos (“dark”). A parallel in Proto-Celtic of "dark, darkness" taking on the figurative meaning of "water" can also be found in Proto-Celtic *dubros (“water, dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubrós (“dark”), yielding Welsh dŵr (“water”), Irish dobhar (“water, sea, dark, gloomy”). Hydronyms with their origin in this term also occur elsewhere in Europe, for example Portugal's Douro. Alternatively from Proto-Celtic *tā-, *tāyo- (“to melt, flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt”), or from unknown non-Indo-European root. Possible cognates include the names of rivers and tributaries such as: Taff, Tamar (from Latin Tamarus), Tame, Tavy, Team, Teifi (from Welsh Teifi, from Old Welsh Tebi, Teibi), Teme, and Teviot (Latin Tefius, Teifius) in Great Britain Tambre (from Latin Tamaris), Támega (in Galician, Portuguese Tâmega, Latin Tamice), Támoga or Támboga (Latin Tamega), and Tamuxe, all of them flowing through Galicia (Spain) and northern Portugal Tamaran in France Tammaro (from Latin Tamarus) in Italy Demer in Belgium Tamyras in Phoenicia Tiberis (Tiber) Tons, Tamasa (from Sanskrit तमसा (tamasā)) in India More at Thames. === Pronunciation === (rivers in England and Canada, town in New Zealand): enPR: tĕmz, IPA(key): /tɛmz/ (river in Connecticut): IPA(key): /θeɪmz/ Rhymes: -ɛmz, -eɪmz === Proper noun === Thames (with the) A river in southern England, flowing 336 km (209 mi.) from Gloucestershire, through Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Surrey and Greater London, and between Essex and Kent to the Thames Estuary and North Sea. Near-synonym: (dated) Isis A sea area centred on the Thames Estuary. (with the) A river in Ontario, Canada, flowing 258 km (160 mi.) to Lake St. Clair. (with the) A river in the U.S. State of Connecticut flowing 24 km (15 mi.) past New London to Long Island Sound. A town in Thames-Coromandel district, Waikato, New Zealand, situated on the Firth of Thames (a large bay) and the Coromandel Peninsula. A surname. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === Hatems, Mehtas, hamets, shmate, smeath, themas