Severn

Proper noun

Severn

1. A river in England and Wales that flows into the Bristol Channel.
   • There twice a day the Severn fills,
     ⁠The salt sea-water passes by,
     ⁠And hushes half the babbling Wye,
     And makes a silence in the hills.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XIX”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 32
2. A long river in northern Ontario which flows into Hudson Bay.
3. A short river in central Ontario which flows into Lake Huron.
4. A number of other rivers in Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
5. A township in Ontario, Canada, created in 1994 on the amalgamation of several smaller communities.
6. A census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States.
7. A small town in Northampton County, North Carolina, United States.
8. A surname.