Paraná

Borrowed from Spanish Paraná or Portuguese Paraná, both from Old Tupi paranã (“river”).

Paraná (a river in central and southern South America)


Winnipeg

Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye

* From English Winnipeg; see English etymology for more information. Rendered as Ouinipigon by La Vérendrye.

Lake of the Woods
Lake of the Woods#English

Winnipeg, Winnipeg River (a river that flows 813 km from Lake of the Woods, Ontario, Canada into Lake Winnipeg)


Orne

From Latin olinas, a homonym of Fluvius Olne, of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *olīnā (“elbow”).

Orne (a river in Normandy, in northwestern France)


Maine

From earlier Maienne, from Latin Meduāna, of uncertain origin. Doublet of Mayenne.


Danube

Inherited from Middle French Danube, from Old French Danube (att. since mid-12th c.), borrowed from Latin Dānubius, from Proto-Celtic *Dānowyos, an extended form of the river-name *Dānu, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu (“river goddess”), akin to *dʰenh₂- (“to set in motion; to flow”).

der

Danube (a river in Europe; flowing 2850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, into the Black Sea in Romania)


Alabama

Borrowed from English Alabama, itself likely from Alabama Albaamaha.


Colorado

Gulf of California
Gulf of California#English

The Colorado River (a major river of western North America, running from the Rocky Mountains in the United States to the Gulf of California in Mexico.)


Rhin

From Old High German Rīn, from Proto-West Germanic *Rīn.

Rhine (a major river in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, France, Germany and the Netherlands)


Huang He

Yellow River, Huang He (a river in northern China)


Detroit

Borrowed from English Detroit, from French Détroit, from détroit.

A river in Michigan, United States and Ontario, Canada


Cher

Named after the Cher River, from the pre-Indo-European substrate hydronym *kʰar- (“stone”) (compare Ancient Greek κάρκαρος (kárkaros, “rough, jagged”)).

cog

Cher (a left tributary of the Loire, in central France)


Gard

Gardon, Gard (a right tributary of the Rhône, in southern France)


Lot

Inherited from Late Latin Oltis (Gallo-Roman).

Lot (a right tributary of the Garonne, in southern France)


Nile (a major river in Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi)


Pique

A left tributary of the Garonne, Occitanie, France.


Seine

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Inherited from Latin Sequana, from a Celtic deity who descended from the Proto-Indo-European pantheon.

Seine (a major river in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Grand Est, Île-de-France and Normandy regions, France)


Tarn

Tarn (a right tributary of the Garonne, Occitanie, France)


Tigre

From Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (Tigrā), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (Idiglat), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (Idigna, literally “fast as an arrow”).


Vienne

→ Persian: وین (viyan)

Of disputed origin. Perhaps from the Roman name, Latin Vindobona, or possibly from a Celtic word *Veduna (“forest stream”), which would justify the phonetic evolution into the modern french form. Compare Proto-Celtic *widus (“woodland”).

Vienne (a left tributary of the Loire, in southwest France)


Ain

Named after the River Ain, from Medieval Latin Hinnis, from earlier Igneus, of pre-Roman, probably Celtic, origin; perhaps Proto-Celtic *inn, itself likely related to the river River Inn (Latin Aenus), both related to *enios (“water”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”), found in many placenames such as the settlement Aenona.


Meuse

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Meuse, Maas (major river in northeastern France, Belgium and the Netherlands)


Elbe

Elbe (a major river of the Czech Republic and Germany)


Loire

→ Catalan: Loira

→ English: Loire

→ Polish: Loara

→ Spanish: Loira

Inherited from Latin Liger, itself borrowed from the native Gaulish name of the river, from *liga (“silt, sediment, deposit, alluvium”) (see also French lie, English lees), from Proto-Celtic *legyā, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie, lay”), the same source as many words in English such as lie, ledge, etc.

Centre-Val de Loire
Centre-Val de Loire#English

Pays de la Loire
Pays de la Loire#English

Loire (a major river in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Centre-Val de Loire and Pays de la Loire regions, France)


Vendée

→ Persian: وانده (vânde)

Vendée (a right tributary of the Sèvre Niortaise, in western France)


Moselle

Moselle (a left tributary of Rhine, in northeastern France, and southwestern Germany)


Mayenne

The place is named after the River Mayenne, probably of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *madyeti (“to burst, spread”); alternatively, from Latin madeo (“to be wet”). Both are ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to be wet, moist”).

Mayenne (a right tributary of the Loire, in northwestern France)


Yvette

Yvette (a tributary of the Orge, Île-de-France, France)


Salat

→ English: Salat

Borrowed from Occitan Salat, from salat (“salty”).

Holonym: Occitanie

Salat (a right tributary of the Garonne in Occitanie, France)


Arno

Borrowed from Italian Arno, from Latin Arnus.


Jourdain

Jordan (a river in Western Asia, in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)


Ardèche

Ardèche (a right tributary of the Rhône in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Occitanie, France)


Rhône

Rhone (a major river in France and Switzerland)


Suzhou

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 蘇州／苏州 (Sūzhōu).

zh-l

蘇州／苏州 (Sūzhōu)

Suzhou (a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu, China)


Sarre

États de la zone: Bade-Wurtemberg · Bavière · Brandebourg · Hesse · Basse-Saxe · Mecklembourg-Poméranie-Occidentale · Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie · Rhénanie-Palatinat · Sarre · Saxe · Saxe-Anhalt · Schleswig-Holstein · Thuringe


Saône

→ English: Saône

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Saône (a right tributary of the Rhône, in eastern France)


Ille

Inherited from Middle French Yle, from Old French Ysla, from Isla, from Latin īnsula (“island”).


Amour

The world's ninth longest river, forming the border between the Far East of Russia and Northeastern China, emptying into the Pacific Ocean through the Strait of Tartary, where the mouth of the river faces the northern end of the island of Sakhalin


Dordogne

Named after the river Dordogne, from Latin Duranius (named by Ausonius).
Folk etymology derives it from two mountain streams, Dor (shortened from mont d’ or (“mountain of gold”) and dogne, from dord (“babbling, muttering”) (imitative) + aven (“river”), though this may have influenced the spelling.

Dordogne (a long river in south-central and southwestern France)


Garonne

Inherited from Latin Garumna, Garonna, probably from Gaulish *garunda (“shallows, riverbank”).

der

Garonne (a long river in southwestern France)


Sarthe

Sarthe (a right tributary of the Loire, in northwestern France)


Isère

Isère (a left tributary of the Rhône, in southeastern France)


Doubs

From Gaulish Dubis, from the root of Proto-Celtic *dubus (“black”). Compare Latin Dūbis, Breton du (“black”).

Doubs (a river in France and Switzerland)


Gange

→ Arabic: الْغَانْج (al-ḡānj)

→ Iranian Persian: گانْژ (gânž)

→ Turkish: Ganj

Borrowed from Latin Gangēs, from Ancient Greek Γάγγης (Gángēs), from Sanskrit गङ्गा (gáṅgā, literally “swift-goer”).


Aisne

From the Roman name, Latin Acinum, Latinized from the Gaulish river Axona.

Aisne (a left tributary of the Oise, in northeastern France)


Allier

Allier (a left tributary of the Loire, in central France)


Ariège

The department is named after the river; said to be from Latin aurigera (“bearing gold”), referring to the Gauls' practice of panning gold.

Ariège (a right tributary of the Garonne in Occitanie, France)


Aube

Aube (a right tributary of the Seine, in northeastern France)


Aveyron

Named after the Arve River, of uncertain origin, possibly a Celtic name from Proto-Celtic *garwos (“violent, rough, bumpy”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to bristle”). Compare Welsh garw (“rough, bumpy”) and Irish garbh.

Aude (a right tributary of the Tarn, in southern France)


Charente

Charente (a river in southwestern France)


Corrèze

Corrèze (a left tributary of the Vézère, in southwestern France)


Creuse

Creuse (a right tributary of the Vienne, in southwestern France)


Drôme

Drôme (a left tributary of the Rhône, in southeastern France)


Essonne

Named after the river, from the Gallo-Roman water goddess, Gaulish and Latin Acionna, Acionnae, of Celtic origin, probably sharing the same Proto-Indo-European source as the river Axona.

Essonne (a left tributary of the Seine, in northern France)


Eure

Inherited from Middle French Evreux, from Latin Autricum. The department is named for the river.

Eure (a left tributary of the Seine, in northwestern France)


Gers

Gers (a left tributary of the Garonne, in southern France)


Hérault

Found in Latin as Arauris (or Araura by Strabo), the name of a river. The name is sometimes considered Pre-Celtic although the element Ara- suggests a Celtic root.


Indre

Indre (a left tributary of the Loire, in central France)


Loiret

Loiret (a left tributary of the Loire, in central France)


Marne

From Latin Mātrona (“Marne”), from Gaulish *Mātronā, from Proto-Celtic *Mātronā, a derivative of Proto-Celtic *mātīr (“mother”).

Marne (a right tributary of the Seine, in eastern France)


Nièvre

Nièvre (a right tributary of the Loire, in central France)


Oise

Named after the River Oise, itself from or related to the Roman river name Latin Isara, thus also related to the river Isère.

Oise (a right tributary of the Seine, in northeastern France and Belgium)


Klamath

The Klamath (a river in southern Oregon, and northern California)


Tamanduatehy

Sur le talus descendant vers le Tamanduatehy et qui domine les quartiers populaires du Braz et de la Penha, subsistaient encore en 1935 quelques ruelles provinciales et des largos : places carrées et herbues, entourées de maisons basses à toit de tuiles et à petites fenêtres grillagées, peintes à la chaux, [...]

1955, Claude Lévi-Strauss, chapter XI, in Tristes Tropiques, Plon, published 1993, →ISBN, page 109; republished as John & Doreen Weightman, transl., Tristes Tropiques, Penguin, 2011, →ISBN:

— On the slope which leads down to the Tamanduatehy and overlooks the working-class districts of Braz and Penha, there still remained, in 1935, a few small provinvial streets and largos, grassy squares surrounded by low, tiled and whitewashed houses with small barred windows.


Mignon

Holonym: Nouvelle-Aquitaine

The Mignon (a left tributary of the Sèvre Niortaise in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Cocyte

Borrowed from Latin Cōcȳtus, from Ancient Greek Κωκυτός (Kōkutós, “lamentation”).


Achéron

Borrowed from Latin Acherōn, from Ancient Greek Ἀχέρων (Akhérōn, “lamentation”).


Phlégéthon

From Latin Phlegethōn, from Ancient Greek Φλεγέθων (Phlegéthōn).


Loir

The Loir (a left tributary of the Sarthe in Centre-Val de Loire and Pays de la Loire, France)


Gatineau

English: Gatineau

Korean: 가티노 (Gatino)

rivière Gatineau
rivière Gatineau#French

Ellipsis of rivière Gatineau. A river in Quebec, Canada; tributary of the Ottawa River


Waswanipi

From Cree ᐙᔂᓂᐲ (waaswaanipii, “light over the water”), a traditional night-time fishing method.


Isle

A right tributary of the Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Godbout

English: Godbout

From Middle English or Old French Godbald (male given name), from gōd (“good”) + bald (“bold”). The river and village are named after early local settler Nicolas Godeboust. The village and river were earlier spelled as "Godebout" before migrating to the current North American standard spelling "Godbout" of the surname for this term that is still "Godebout" in Europe.

Godebout (alternative)
Godeboust (alternative)

Godbout River: Ellipsis of Rivière Godbout.; A river in Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada


Vachon

English: Vachon

A river in Nord-du-Québec, Québec, Canada

A river in Chaudière-Appalaches, Québec, Canada


Lessard

English: Lessard

desc

→ Chinese: 萊薩爾 /莱萨尔 (Láisà'ěr) (transliteration)

Lessard: A placename
Ellipsis of Rivière Lessard.
A river in Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada


Ouachita

Ouachita (a river, the Ouachita River, which flows through Arkansas and Louisiana)


Viau

English: Viau

→ Chinese: 維奧 /维奥 (Wéi'ào) (transliteration)

Deviau (alternative)
De Viau (alternative)
de Viau (alternative)

(masculine) Viau (a river in the Tarn department, Occitania, France, a tributary of the Tarn river)


Verdon

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur#English

A left tributary of the Durance, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.


Yamachiche

A river in the administrative region of Mauricie, Quebec, Canada


Yangtsé

Yangtze (a major river in China, the third-longest river in the world)


Yèvre

A right tributary of the Cher, in the department of Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France

A right tributary of the Auve, in the department of Marne, Grand Est, France


Luy

A left tributary of the Adour, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Détroit

English: Detroit

Detroit; A river in Michigan, United States and Ontario, Canada


de Lesseps

English: de Lesseps

Spanish: de Lesseps

From de + Lesseps. From ennoblement of the Lesseps family.

Lesseps (alternative)
De Lesseps (alternative)

rivière de Lesseps
rivière de Lesseps#French

De Lesseps River
De Lesseps River#English

Ellipsis of rivière de Lesseps.; De Lesseps River (a river in Ontario, Canada)


De Lesseps

rivière De Lesseps
rivière De Lesseps#French

De Lesseps: Ellipsis of rivière De Lesseps.; De Lesseps River (a river in Ontario, Canada)


Yangzi Jiang

Yang-Tsze-Kiang (alternative)
Yang Tse Kiang (alternative)

Synonym of Yangtsé: Yangtze (a major river in China)


Huangpu

Holonym: Shanghaï


Yangjingbang

Holonym: Shanghaï

(historical) the Yangjingbang (former river in Shanghai)


Oriège

Holonym: Ariège

Oriège (a right tributary of the Ariège in Occitanie, France)


Erdre

From Latin Erda, Proto-Celtic *ered, in Breton Erzh.


Thérouanne

A river in the Seine-et-Marne department


Asco

Asco (a left tributary of the Golo, Corsica, France)


Ciron

→ English: Ciron

Holonym: Nouvelle-Aquitaine

The Ciron (a left tributary of the Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)


Leysse

A river in Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Ognon

A left tributary of the Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.


Vézère

A right tributary of the Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Dronne

A right tributary of the Isle, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.


Agout

A left tributary of the Tarn, Occitanie, France.


Baïse

A left tributary of the Garonne, France.


Serein

A right tributary of the Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.


Sauldre

A right tributary of the Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France.


Auloue

A left tributary of the Baïse, Occitanie, France.


Sousson

A left tributary of the Gers, Occitanie, France.


Viaur

A left tributary of the Aveyron, Occitanie, France.


Durance

Durance (a left tributary of the Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Ubaye

A left tributary of the Durance, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.


Sioule

A left tributary of the Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.


Lèze

A left tributary of the Ariège, Occitanie, France.


Meurthe

A right tributary of the Moselle, Grand Est, France.


Jialing

le Jialing (canonical masculine)
Kialing (alternative)

Holonym: Sichuan

The Jialing (a left tributary of the Yangtze in Sichuan, China)


Vésubie

The Vésubie, a river that flows in southeastern France


Touloubre

Touloubre (a river in Bouches-du-rhône, France)


Baup

Holonym: Couserans

The Baup (a right tributary of the Salat, Ariège, Occitanie, France)


Arize

Arize (a river in Ariège, Occitanie, France)


Artillac

Artillac (a river in Ariège, Occitanie, France)


Volp

Volp (a right tributary of the Garonne, Occitanie, France).


Ligua

La Ligua River (a river in Petorca, Chile)


Mirepech

Mirepech (a tributary of the Rucan in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France)


Rucan

Rucan (a tributary of the Arbas in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France)


Arbas

* (surname): From Spanish Arbas/Arbás.
* (village in Haute-Garonne): Borrowed from Occitan Arbast.

Arbas (a left tributary of the Salat in Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France)


Agly

Borrowed from Catalan Aglí. Lagly attested on the Cassini map (1740s).


Têt

Têt (a river of Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France)


Tech

Borrowed from Catalan Tec. Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Tech (a river of Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France)


Trieux

→ English: Trieux

English: Truex, Truax, Truaxe

→ Dutch: Trieux

→ English: Trieux

English: Truex, Truax, Truaxe

From trieux, from Walloon try /trixhe /triche, from Dutch driesch.

Dutrieux (alternative)
DuTrieux (alternative)
duTrieux (alternative)
Du Trieux (alternative)
du Trieux (alternative)


Sucy

(Town): Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Sucy (a small river in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France)


Gardon

Borrowed from Occitan Gardon, from the Roman name, Latin Vardo, possibly of pre-Roman origin, but compare the river Varus. Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Holonyms: Gard, Lozère

Gardon (a right tributary of the Rhône in Occitanie, France)


Moselotte

Holonym: Vosges

Moselotte (a right tributary of the Moselle in Grand Est, France)


Petit Colorado

The Little Colorado (a tributary of the Colorado in Arizona, United States)


Dadou

→ English: Dadou

Holonym: Tarn

A right tributary of the Agout in Occitanie, France


Risle

la Risle (canonical feminine)
Rille (alternative)

From Middle French Risla, from Medieval Latin *Risilina, by metathesis from fluvius Lirizinus (Saint Germer), Latinized from a hydronym *Lericina, *Liricina, a form derived from the primitive name of the *Lera, also found in the of the village *Lira (compare La Vieille-Lyre) and ultimately related to the source of Liger.

Holonym: Normandie

The Risle (a left tributary of the Seine in Normandy, France)


Chanteraine

→ English: Chanteraine

Holonym: Cher

A right tributary of the Vauvise in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France.


Orge

→ English: Orge

Holonym: Île-de-France

A left tributary of the Seine, Île-de-France, France.


Cruou

English: Cruou

Holonym: causse Comtal

The Cruou (a right tributary of the Créneau in Aveyron, Occitanie, France)


Créneau

English: Créneau

Dourdou de Conques
Dourdou de Conques#English

The Créneau (a left tributary of the Dourdou de Conques in Aveyron, Occitanie, France)


Luynes

* (Bouches-du-Rhône): Borrowed from Occitan Loina.
* (Indre-et-Loire): 1619. Previously named Maillé.

The Luynes (a left tributary of the Arc in Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


Restonica

Restonica (a right tributary of the Tavignano, Corsica, France)


Lenne

A toponym for rivers and settlements in Germany


Malnoue

From malnoue (literally “bad (marshy) pasture”), from mal- + noue.

A farm in Ruan-sur-Egvonne, Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.


Malnoue

A district of Aubigny-sur-Nère, Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.


Egvonne

English: Egvonne

The Egvonne (a right tributary of the Loir in Centre-Val de Loire, France)


Vègre

From Middle French Veigre, Vaigre, Vaygre, from Old French Vesgre, Vegrie, Vegre, Veigrie.

Vègre (a river, a right tributary of the Sarthe, having its source near Rouessé-Vassé, its generally southward course in the Sarthe department, France, and its mouth near Avoise)


Marcazeau

English: Marcazeau

Holonym: Couserans

The Marcazeau (a left tributary of the Salat, Ariège, Occitanie, France)


Merdançon

English: Merdançon

Holonym: Couserans

The Merdançon (a left tributary of the Salat, Ariège, Occitanie, France)

The Merdançon (a tributary of the Tave, Gard, Occitanie, France)