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River Tweed

55.7642°N -1.9866°W · Q503262

One English word in this atlas traces back to River Tweed. It sits in United Kingdom.

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tweednoun · 19th century
Disputed

The cloth may be a river, or a misread word for twill.

One account derives tweed from a misreading of tweel, Scots for twill. Another ties it to the River Tweed, which runs along the Scottish border. Both stories circulate; neither is beyond doubt.

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