Tivy

Proper noun

Tivy

1. A river that forms the boundary between Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire; the Teifi.
   • With Cardigan the Muſe proceeds,
     And tells what rare things Tivy breeds:
     Next, proud Plynillimon ſhe plys;
     Where Severn, Wy and Rydoll riſe.1622, Michael Drayton, “Poly-Olbion”, in The Works of Michael Drayton, published 1748, page 264
   • It takes its name from the principal City, which ſtands upon the River Tivy, about five Miles from the Sea.1688, Edmund Bohun, Caermarthenſhire, entry in A Geographical Dictionary, unnumbered page
2. A surname.