SEVERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Severn mean? 

• SEVERN (noun)
  The noun SEVERN has 2 senses:

1. a river in Ontario that flows northeast into Hudson Bay

2. a river in England and Wales flowing into the Bristol Channel; the longest river in Great Britain

  Familiarity information: SEVERN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEVERN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A river in Ontario that flows northeast into Hudson Bay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Severn; Severn River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Severn" is a part of...):

Ontario (a prosperous and industrialized province in central Canada)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A river in England and Wales flowing into the Bristol Channel; the longest river in Great Britain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

River Severn; Severn; Severn River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Severn" is a part of...):

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

Cambria; Cymru; Wales (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria)

 Context examples 

"It is Julia Severn," replied Miss Temple, very quietly.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

It was nearly four o’clock when we at last, after passing through the beautiful Stroud Valley, and over the broad gleaming Severn, found ourselves at the pretty little country-town of Ross.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Julia Severn, ma'am!

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)