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Great Ouse

Great Ouse proper noun: a river in England, which flows from Northamptonshire, through Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk, to The Wash and the North Sea.

Proper noun

Great Ouse

  1. A river in England, which flows from Northamptonshire, through Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk, to The Wash and the North Sea.
    • Graceful old houses stand by the edge of the Great Ouse and gaze down at the houseboats, skiffs and motor-cruisers that moor there.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications, page 223, about Hemingford Grey

Questions about Great Ouse

What does Great Ouse mean?
Great Ouse means a river in England, which flows from Northamptonshire, through Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk, to The Wash and the North Sea.
What part of speech is Great Ouse?
Great Ouse is a proper noun.

Words near Great Ouse in the dictionary

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  6. Great Ouse
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  9. Great Oxygenation
  10. Great Oxygenation Event
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