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Escaut

Escaut proper noun: the river Scheldt, which springs modestly in Northern France but becomes navigable for seaships in Flanders (Belgium) and the Netherlands.

Proper noun

Escaut

  1. The river Scheldt, which springs modestly in Northern France but becomes navigable for seaships in Flanders (Belgium) and the Netherlands.

Origin of Escaut

Borrowed from French Escaut, from Latin Scaldis.

Questions about Escaut

What does Escaut mean?
Escaut means the river Scheldt, which springs modestly in Northern France but becomes navigable for seaships in Flanders (Belgium) and the Netherlands.
What part of speech is Escaut?
Escaut is a proper noun.

Words near Escaut in the dictionary

  1. escartelly
  2. escartelée
  3. Escatel
  4. Escatels
  5. escatology
  6. Escaut
  7. ESCB
  8. Esch
  9. Esch-sur-Alzette
  10. eschalot
  11. eschalots

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