TIBER (RIVER IN ITALY)

TIBER (RIVER IN ITALY)
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TIBERIS (-IS) (M)

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  • Tiber River — Italian Tevere River, Italy. The country s second longest river, it rises in the Tuscan Apennines, and flows south for 252 mi (405 km), ultimately passing through the city of Rome before entering the Mediterranean at Ostia. It was an important… …   Universalium

  • TIBER RIVER (TEVERE) —    The major, 405 kilometer long river that rises on Monte Fumaiolo in the northern part of the central Apennines and runs through central Italy, draining a catchment of some 17,169 square kilometers, providing the southern and eastern border to… …   Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans

  • Italy — • In ancient times Italy had several other names: it was called Saturnia, in honour of Saturn; Enotria, wine producing land; Ausonia, land of the Ausonians; Hesperia, land to the west (of Greece); Tyrrhenia, etc. The name Italy, which seems to… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Tiber — the Tiber the third longest river in Italy, which flows from the Apennines south to Rome and the sea …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Tiber — river, CEN. Italy; 245 mi. long …   Webster's Gazetteer

  • Tiber — n. river in Italy …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …   Universalium

  • Tiber — Infobox river river name = Tevere caption= origin = Mount Fumaiolo mouth = Tyrrhenian Sea basin countries = Italy length = 406 km elevation = 1,268 m mouth elevation = discharge = 267 m³/s (in Rome) watershed =17,375 km²The Tiber (Latin Tiberis …   Wikipedia

  • Tiber Island — The Tiber Island ( it. Isola Tiberina, Latin: Insula Tiberina ), is a boat shaped island which has long been associated with healing. It is an ait, and the only island in the Tiber river which runs through Rome. The island is located in the… …   Wikipedia

  • river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… …   Universalium

  • tiber green — ˈtībə(r) noun Usage: often capitalized T Etymology: from Tiber, river in central Italy : a light yellowish green that is yellower and paler than apple green (sense 2), lighter and stronger than pistachio, and yellower and stronger than crayon… …   Useful english dictionary

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