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Seine River

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Seine

  [seyn; Fr. sen]
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–noun
1. a river in France, flowing NW through Paris to the English Channel. 480 mi. (773 km) long.
2. a former department in N France.
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Seine River [(sen)]

River flowing generally northwest through northern France.

Note: The Seine flows through the heart of Paris, dividing the Left Bank, south of the Seine, from the Right Bank, north of the Seine.
Note: It is the chief commercial waterway of France.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Word Origin & History

seine 
O.E. segne "drag-net," from W.Gmc. *sagina (cf. O.S., O.H.G. segina), a W.Gmc. borrowing of L. sagena (source of Fr. seine), from Gk. sagene "a fishing net," also "a hunting net," of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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