Stour

stour English River + Etymology Most of the rivers' names are from the root of en stour powerful, tall, large, though some may have been borrowed through and influenced by en cel - (compare cy dŵr water.Taylor, Isaac: Words and Places, London, 2nd edition, 1921, p.143 Pronunciation en /ˈstaʊəɹ/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Tesco250-Stour.wav UK en /ˈstʊəɹ/ /ˈstaʊɹ/ East Anglia Proper noun en river co/Dorset cc/England, which flows into the English Channel at Christchurch. en river co/Kent cc/England, running from the confluence of the Great Stour and Little Stour to the English Channel at Pegwell Bay. en river co/Essex and co/Suffolk cc/England, flowing into the North Sea at Harwich. en 2021 A. K. Blakemore The Manningtree Witches Granta Books 37 The Stour is at its lowest ebb, and the sheen of the flats makes it difficult to tell where ground ends and water begins, out in the bay. en river co/Oxfordshire and co/Warwickshire cc/England, which joins the Warwickshire Avon near Stratford-on-Avon. en river co/Staffordshire, West Midlands, and Worcestershire, England, which flows into the River Severn. Derived terms en Great Stour Little Stour Newbold-on-Stour Shipston-on-Stour Stourbridge Stour Provost Stourton References Anagrams en orstu Rusto Sutor Tours roust routs sutor torus tours