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Rhine

  [rahyn]
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–noun
1. Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
2. German, Rhein. French, Rhin [ran] . Dutch, Rijn. a river flowing from SE Switzerland through Germany and the Netherlands into the North Sea: branches off into the Waal, Lek, and IJssel in its lower course. 820 mi. (1320 km) long.
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Rhine   (rīn)   
A river of western Europe formed by the confluence of two tributaries in eastern Switzerland and flowing about 1,319 km (820 mi) north and northwest through Germany and the Netherlands to its two-pronged outlet on the North Sea. It is a major commercial shipping waterway linked by canals to other important European rivers and passes through a number of scenic valleys.
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Rhine 
principal river in western Germany, from Ger. Rhine, from M.H.G. Rin, ult. from Gaulish Renos (cf. L. Rhenus), lit. "that which flows," from PIE base *reie- "to move, flow, run" (cf. Gk. rhein "to flow," L. rivus "stream," O.E. rinnan, O.N. rinna "to run," Du. ril "running stream").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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