List of river name etymologies
Asia
Europe
- Avon: Brythonic meaning "river"
- Cam: Brythonic meaning "crooked"
- Clwyd: Welsh meaning "hurdle"
- Danube: Latin Danuvius, from Iranian (Scythian or Sarmatian) dānu- 'river', of Indo-European origin
- Argeş: from Greek or maybe Thracian "arges" = "bright"
- Bistriţa: Slavic "bistrica" = "fast flowing"
- Caraş: Slavic "kraš" = "calcareous"
- Drave: in Latin "Dravus", of Thracian or Illyrian origin, probably from PIE *dhreu = "to flow, to fall"
- Ialomiţa: Slavic "jalov" = "barren"
- Mureş: Dacian "mur" = "murky"
- Prahova: Slavic "prah"="waterfall"
- Siret: ancient Thracian "Seretos", probably from PIE *sreu = "to flow"
- Don: Celtic goddess Devona
- Mersey: Anglo Saxon meaning "boundary river"
- Ness: Old Norse meaning "isthmus"
- Thames: Latin "Tamesis" from Brythonic meaning "dark river"
- Tyne: Brythonic meaning "river"
- Wear: Brythonic meaning "water"
North America
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