Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ross river

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English

Syllables: ross riv-er
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

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A river in northern Queensland, Australia, flowing through the city of Townsville.

name

A tributary of the Eastmain River in Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada.

name

A tributary of the Pelly River, Yukon, Canada.

name

An unincorporated community in Yukon, Canada, located where the river of the same name meets the Pelly River.

Etymology

* (Queensland): Named in 1864 after William Alfred Ross (–1887), first publican of the settlement who later became a mayor of Townsville in 1868. * (Yukon): Named in 1843 by Robert Campbell after Donald Ross, a chief factor of the Hudson’s Bay Company.

Inflected Forms

the Ross River (canonical)

Questions

What does ross river mean?: A river in northern Queensland, Australia, flowing through the city of Townsville.
Where does ross river come from?: * (Queensland): Named in 1864 after William Alfred Ross (–1887), first publican of the settlement who later became a mayor of Townsville in 1868. * (Yukon): Named in 1843 by Robert Campbell after Donald Ross, a chief factor of the Hudson’s Bay Company.

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