Teign
English
editEtymology
editFirst attested as Old English Teng in an Anglo-Saxon charter of 739, probably from Proto-Celtic *tīn (“river”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to flow”). As such, possibly a doublet of Tyne and Tenna.
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editTeign
- A river in Devon, England, which has its source on Dartmoor, flowing into the English Channel at Teignmouth.
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- en:Rivers in Devon, England
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