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Tiber

[ tahy-ber ]

noun

  1. a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.


Tiber

/ ˈtaɪbə /

noun

  1. a river in central Italy, rising in the Tuscan Apennines and flowing south through Rome to the Tyrrhenian Sea. Length: 405 km (252 miles) Ancient nameTiberisˈtiːbərɪs Italian nameTevere
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

The Tiber riverfront for much of the city is now off limits as work crews create new parks.

Traffic police officers at the Gemelli Hospital on Tiber Island said that Francis arrived around 11:20 a.m. on Wednesday and left about 40 minutes later.

The pope arrived at the Gemelli Hospital on Tiber Island in a small white Fiat 500, leaving again under escort in the same car after a short visit.

River Tiber, his best prospect, was scratched earlier Friday by the veterinarians.

Mr Powell, who died in 1998, ended with a quote from Virgil's Aeneid, when civil war in Italy is predicted with "the River Tiber foaming with much blood".

From BBC

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