Tweed
See also: tweed
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Tweed (countable and uncountable, plural Tweeds)
- A river in the United Kingdom; a river in the Scottish Borders area which for part of its length forms the border between Scotland and England. It flows into the North Sea at Berwick-upon-Tweed and Tweedmouth, England.
- Synonym: River Tweed
- A municipality and community therein, in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Laurens County, Georgia, United States.
- Tweed Shire, a local government area in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia, named after the Tweed River.
- A river in this region of New South Wales.
- (countable) A surname.
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- According to the 2010 United States Census, Tweed is the 11456th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2750 individuals. Tweed is most common among White (91.6%) individuals.
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Tweed m (strong, genitive Tweeds, plural Tweeds or Tweede)
- tweed (cloth)
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Declension of Tweed [masculine, strong]
Further reading edit
- “Tweed” in Duden online