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Thames

river through London, Old English Temese, from Latin Tamesis (51 B.C.E.), from British Tamesa, an ancient Celtic river name perhaps meaning "the dark one." The -h- is unetymological (see th).

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Definitions of Thames from WordNet

Thames (n.)
the longest river in England; flows eastward through London to the North Sea;
Synonyms: River Thames / Thames River
From wordnet.princeton.edu