River Thames
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- proper noun
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- The River Thames has played a crucial role in London's history as a major trade route.
- banks of the River Thames
- River Thames at the Tower
Examples
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Dagenham, on London's River Thames, is one of the great anvils of the motor industry.
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People skating on the River Thames.
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I passed along the River Thames
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Every time, the same link: the River Thames.
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Big Ben stands by the River Thames
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Civil defense authorities have declared a state of emergency for all London areas within three miles of the River Thames.
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Twenty feet above our heads is the River Thames.
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Well, here I am in London on the banks of the River Thames, and once more watching this movie that I've spent two and a half years making.
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While the United States blocks yet another UN resolution on global warming London continues to suffer as the River Thames rises to its highest level since Black November, 1999.
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What a shame no one bothered to include Tilbury Fort, by the River Thames in Essex in England!
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Synonyms
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A long river in England that flows east through London to the North Sea
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A long river in England that flows east through London to the North Sea
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is transparently compositional: a B1 learner who knows 'river' and the proper name 'Thames' will understand it refers to a river called the Thames (i.e. a specific watercourse). Proper-name + noun constructions are referential and cross-linguistically common, not idiomatic, so the basic meaning is immediately derivable from the parts.
Etymology
River Thames may come from an old language word meaning 'dark', so Thames once described a 'dark river'. That's why the name now simply refers to the long river that flows through London.