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* '''Rape of the Sabine women:''' an episode in the legendary history of Rome in which the first generation of Roman men acquired wives for themselves from the neighboring Sabine families. | * '''Rape of the Sabine women:''' an episode in the legendary history of Rome in which the first generation of Roman men acquired wives for themselves from the neighboring Sabine families. | ||
| − | * '''Sabine:''' a river in | + | * '''Sabine:''' a river in Texas and Louisiana in the United States |
| + | * '''Sabrina:''' Archaic name for what is now the Severn River in England | ||
* '''Astore:''' a river in India | * '''Astore:''' a river in India | ||
| − | + | * '''Asthore:''' (''Irish'') dear, treasure | |
* '''ashore''' | * '''ashore''' | ||
| − | [Category: Rivers]] | + | [[Category: Rivers]] |
Latest revision as of 10:50, 20 July 2016
- Sabrina: a water nymph, Hafren in Old Welsh. In Celtic myth, she is the goddess of the river Severn, on the border of Wales and England. She appears in John Milton's masque Comus, where she frees tge heroine from a magic spell.
- Rape of the Sabine women: an episode in the legendary history of Rome in which the first generation of Roman men acquired wives for themselves from the neighboring Sabine families.
- Sabine: a river in Texas and Louisiana in the United States
- Sabrina: Archaic name for what is now the Severn River in England
- Astore: a river in India
- Asthore: (Irish) dear, treasure
- ashore
