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Ross River

Ross River proper noun: a river in northern Queensland, Australia, flowing through the city of Townsville.

Proper noun (1)

the Ross River

  1. A river in northern Queensland, Australia, flowing through the city of Townsville.
  2. A tributary of the Eastmain River in Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada.
  3. A tributary of the Pelly River, Yukon, Canada.

Proper noun (2)

Ross River

  1. An unincorporated community in Yukon, Canada, located where the river of the same name meets the Pelly River.

Origin of Ross River

* (Queensland): Named in 1864 after William Alfred Ross (–1887), first publican of the settlement who later became a mayor of Townsville in 1868. * (Yukon): Named in 1843 by Robert Campbell after Donald Ross, a chief factor of the Hudson’s Bay Company.

Questions about Ross River

What does Ross River mean?
Ross River means a river in northern Queensland, Australia, flowing through the city of Townsville.
What part of speech is Ross River?
Ross River is a proper noun.

Words near Ross River in the dictionary

  1. ross
  2. Ross and Cromarty
  3. Ross County
  4. Ross Dependency
  5. Ross Island
  6. Ross River
  7. Ross River fever
  8. Ross River virus
  9. Ross Sea
  10. Ross seal
  11. Ross seals

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