Thames

Thames meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Origin of Thames

From Middle English Temse, Temese, from Old English Temes, Temese (compare Welsh Tafwys), from Latin Tamesis, Tamesas. Variant spellings with h arose in Middle English due to the mistaken assumption of a Greek etymology. The modern spelling with a stems from either the East Saxon dialects of Middle English and Old English or the influence of Tamesis. The Latin name is from Proto-Brythonic *Tamesis, from Proto-Celtic *tamesās (“river, waters”, literally “darkness”), a masculine ā-stem of *tames, Proto-Indo-European *tm̥Hes-, zero-grade of *témHes-, *témHos- (“darkness”), an s-stem from the root *temH- (“dark”). Related to Proto-Celtic *temeslos (“darkness”), *temos (“dark”). A parallel in Proto-Celtic of "dark, darkness" taking on the figurative meaning of "water" can also be found in Proto-Celtic *dubros (“water, dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubrós (“dark”), yielding Welsh dŵr (“water”), Irish dobhar (“water, sea, dark, gloomy”). Hydronyms with their origin in this term also occur elsewhere in Europe, for example Portugal's Douro. Alternatively from Proto-Celtic *tā-, *tāyo- (“to melt, flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt”), or from unknown non-Indo-European...

Words formed from Thames

• Abingdon-on-Thames
• cross the Thames
• Dorchester-on-Thames
• Goring-on-Thames
• Henley-on-Thames
• Isis
• Kingston upon Thames
• Moscow-on-Thames
• Purley on Thames
• Richmond upon Thames
• Sandford-on-Thames
• set the Thames on fire
• Singapore-on-Thames
• Singapore-on-the-Thames
• Singapore-upon-Thames
• Sunbury-on-Thames
• Thames barge
• Thames Centre
• Thames Ditton
• Thames Haven
• Thamesian
• Thameside
• Thamesmead
• Thames sailing barge
• Walton-on-Thames
• Whitchurch-on-Thames

Phrases with Thames

• Thames barges
• swam the Thames
• swim the Thames
• swum the Thames
• swims the Thames
• Old Father Thames
• crossed the Thames
• crosses the Thames
• crossing the Thames
• swimming the Thames
• Dorchester on Thames
• Thames sailing barges

Words that rhyme with Thames

• fmz
• ms

Questions about Thames

What does Thames mean?

Thames means a river in southern England, flowing 336 km (209 mi.) from Gloucestershire, through Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Surrey and Greater London, and between Essex and Kent to the Thames Estuary and North Sea.

What is Thames in Hindi?

Thames in Hindi is थेम्स (thems). See Thames meaning in Hindi.

What part of speech is Thames?

Thames is a proper noun.

How do you pronounce Thames?

Thames is pronounced /tɛmz/.