English Explanatory Dictionary

Ross River

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A river in northern Queensland, Australia, flowing through the city of Townsville.
  2. A tributary of the Eastmain River in Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada.
  3. A tributary of the Pelly River, Yukon, Canada.
name
  1. An unincorporated community in Yukon, Canada, located where the river of the same name meets the Pelly River.

Word forms

Ross River the Ross River

Etymology

* (Queensland): Named in 1864 after William Alfred Ross (–1887), first publican of the settlement who later became a mayor of Townsville in 1868. * (Yukon): Named in 1843 by Robert Campbell after Donald Ross, a chief factor of the Hudson’s Bay Company.

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