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1. (n.) confluence
a flowing together of two or more streams, rivers, etc.
2. confluence
their place of junction.
3. confluence
a body of water formed by confluence.
4. confluence
a coming together of people or things; concourse.
5. confluence
a crowd or throng; assemblage.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME (< MF) < LL)
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| Definition of 'confluence' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) confluence, meeting
a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
"Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers"
2. (noun) confluence, conflux, merging
a flowing together
3. (noun) concourse, confluence
a coming together of people
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) confluence
the act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting
2. (noun) confluence
any running together of separate streams or currents; the act of meeting and crowding in a place; hence, a crowd; a concourse; an assemblage
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Sense: a flowing together of two rivers.
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 Afrikaans: samevloeiing, sameloop |
 Arabic: مُلْتَقى نَهْرَين |
 Bulgarian: сливане (на реки) |
 Brazilian: confluência |
 Czech: soutok |
 German: der Zusammenfluß |
 Danish: sammenløb |
 Greek: συμβολή ποταμών |
 Spanish: confluencia |
 Estonian: jõgede liitumiskoht |
 Farsi: هم ریزی؛ محل تلاقی رودها |
 Finnish: jokien yhtymäkohta |
 French: confluence |
 Hebrew: זְרִימָה מְשוּתֶפֶת |
 Hindi: संगम |
 Croatian: ušće rijeka |
 Hungarian: összefolyás |
 Indonesian: pertemuan dua sungai |
 Icelandic: samrennsli |
 Italian: confluenza |
 Japanese: 合流 |
 Korean: 합류 |
 Lithuanian: santaka |
 Latvian: (upju) saplūšana |
 Malay: kuala |
 Dutch: samenloop |
 Norwegian: sammenløp, sammenstrømnin |
 Polish: zlewanie się |
 Persian: هم ریزی؛ محل تلاقی رودها |
 Pashto: هغه ځاى چه يو ياچوه يا ډي |
 Portuguese: confluência |
 Romanian: confluenţă |
 Russian: слияние |
 Slovak: sútok |
 Slovenian: sotočje |
 Serbian: ušće |
 Swedish: sammanflöde |
 Thai: การไหลไปด้วยกัน |
 Turkish: birleşme |
 Taiwanese: 河流匯集 |
 Ukrainian: злиття річок |
 Urdu: سنگم |
 Vietnamese: ngã ba sông |
 Chinese: 河流汇合，交汇处 |
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