Teign

English

Etymology

First 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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈteɪn/, /ˈtiːn/

Proper noun

Teign

  1. A river in Devon, England, which has its source on Dartmoor, flowing into the English Channel at Teignmouth.

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