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Toms River

Toms River proper noun: a township, the county seat of Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. Renamed from Dover (Township) in 2006, taking the name of an existing unincorporated community.

Proper noun

Toms River

  1. A township, the county seat of Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. Renamed from Dover (Township) in 2006, taking the name of an existing unincorporated community.
  2. A river in Ocean County, New Jersey, which flows into the Atlantic via an estuary.

Questions about Toms River

What does Toms River mean?
Toms River means a township, the county seat of Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. Renamed from Dover (Township) in 2006, taking the name of an existing unincorporated community.
What part of speech is Toms River?
Toms River is a proper noun.

Words near Toms River in the dictionary

  1. tomrigs
  2. toms
  3. Toms Creek
  4. Toms o' Bedlam
  5. Toms of Bedlam
  6. Toms River
  7. tomset
  8. tomsets
  9. Tomsett
  10. Tomsic
  11. Tomsics

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