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Black feminist lesbian organization
The Combahee River Collective (CRC) (/kəmˈbiː/ kəm-BEE) was a Black feminist lesbian socialist organization active in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1974
Combahee_River_Collective
River in South Carolina, United States of America
The Combahee River (/kəmˈbiː/ kəm-BEE) is a short blackwater river in the southern Lowcountry region of South Carolina formed at the confluence of the
Combahee_River
1863 military operation during the American Civil War
The Raid on Combahee Ferry (/kəmˈbiː/ kəm-BEE), also known as the Combahee River Raid, was a military operation during the American Civil War conducted
Raid_on_Combahee_Ferry
1782 battle of the American Revolutionary War
The Battle of the Combahee River took place during the American Revolutionary War on August 27, 1782, near Beaufort, South Carolina, one of many such confrontations
Battle_of_the_Combahee_River
American soldier and abolitionist (1754–1782)
opposition in South Carolina. Laurens was killed in the Battle of the Combahee River in August 1782. John Laurens was born in Charleston, South Carolina
John_Laurens
African-American abolitionist (1822–1913)
the raid on Combahee Ferry. She guided three steamboats with black soldiers under Montgomery's command past mines on the Combahee River to assault several
Harriet_Tubman
1979 murder series in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
about these incidents, however, were Black feminist groups, such as the Combahee River Collective, who drew connections between the violent deaths and the
Roxbury_murders
American political organization
Feminist Organization clearly reflected the goals put forth in the Combahee River Collective Statement, which was being developed at around the same time
National Black Feminist Organization
National_Black_Feminist_Organization
Black feminist identity practices
National Black Feminist Organization, the Combahee River Collective, a radical lesbian feminist group. The Combahee River Collective (1974–1980) was one of the
Black_feminism
2024 book by Edda L. Fields-Black
Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War is a 2024 book by American historian Edda L. Fields-Black published
Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War
Combee:_Harriet_Tubman,_the_Combahee_River_Raid,_and_Black_Freedom_During_the_Civil_War
American academic and author
Keeanga-Yamahtta, ed. (2017). How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective. Chicago: Haymarket. ISBN 9781608468553. OCLC 975027867.
Keeanga-Yamahtta_Taylor
American social justice activist
a founding member of the Combahee River Collective (CRC). While it has been more than fifty years since the Combahee River Collective released their
Demita_Frazier
Politics based on one's identity
sexuality, and culture. The term identity politics was (re-)coined by the Combahee River Collective in 1977. The collective group of women saw identity politics
Identity_politics
American historian and Pulitzer Prize winner
Pulitzer Prize in History for her book COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War. She is known for her transnational
Edda_L._Fields-Black
Movement emphasizing lesbian perspectives
Underground Railroad Combahee River Raid that happened in 1863 under Harriet Tubman's leadership and freed 750 slaves. The Combahee River Collective issued
Lesbian_feminism
2019 American biographical film directed by Kasi Lemmons
Harriet later leads an armed expedition of 150 black soldiers in the Combahee River Raid. The epilogue describes some of her accomplishments: She personally
Harriet_(film)
American activist and academic (born 1946)
the Civil War at a river in South Carolina, the Combahee River Collective moved quickly to write a manifesto. The Combahee River Collective Statement
Barbara_Smith
River in South Carolina, United States
and Whippy Swamp before merging with the Little Salkehatchie River to form the Combahee River Basin, which empties into Saint Helena Sound and the Atlantic
Salkehatchie_River
African-American lesbian feminist poet and author
a freelance journalist in New York City. Bethel participated in the Combahee River Collective, an organization that was part of the Women's Liberation
Lorraine_Bethel
2026 book by Kimberlé Crenshaw
the thought of Maria W. Stewart, bell hooks, Deborah King, and the Combahee River Collective and assessment of DeGraffenreid v. General Motors (1976)
Backtalker
Battle of the American Revolutionary War
which controlled the local grain supply and guarded a ford of the Enoree River. The Battle of Musgrove Mill occurred on August 19 near the ford. The Patriots
Battle_of_Kings_Mountain
Political slogan and argument of second-wave feminism
figured in black feminism, such as "A Black Feminist Statement" by the Combahee River Collective, Audre Lorde's essay "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle
The_personal_is_political
1994 film by Robert Zemeckis
Asheville, North Carolina. The Gump family home set was built along the Combahee River near Yemassee, South Carolina, and the nearby land was used to film
Forrest_Gump
French sociologist and philosopher
preference for the Combahee River Collective Statement, a manifesto issued in 1977 by a group of American black lesbian women. The Combahee River Collective Statement
Maurizio_Lazzarato
River in South Carolina, United States
area that encompasses its bottomlands confluence with the Ashepoo and Combahee river basins. A major tributary is Four Holes Swamp, which is unique in that
Edisto_River
Theory of discrimination
Sandoval, and others. In 1974, a group of Black feminists organized the Combahee River Collective in Boston, Massachusetts, in response to what they felt was
Intersectionality
Slow, dark river in forested swamps or wetlands
Orinoco Aucilla River: located in northern Florida and southern Georgia Ashepoo River: along with the Edisto and the Combahee Rivers in South Carolina
Blackwater_river
Edisto River Bull Swamp Creek South Fork Edisto River Little River Ashepoo River Combahee River Little Salkehatchie River Salkehatchie River Coosaw River Morgan
List of rivers of South Carolina
List_of_rivers_of_South_Carolina
1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War
Battle of Musgrove Mill, August 19, 1780, occurred near a ford of the Enoree River, near the present-day border between Spartanburg, Laurens and Union Counties
Battle_of_Musgrove_Mill
House in the Horseshoe Elizabethtown Eutaw Springs Lindley's Mill Raft Swamp 1782 Videau's Bridge Wambaw Combahee River James Island 1783 Chesapeake Bay
List of American Revolutionary War battles
List_of_American_Revolutionary_War_battles
Stereotype of lesbian relationships
Bi-National Lesbian Conference Camp Sister Spirit Chicago Lesbian Liberation Combahee River Collective Connexxus Women's Center/Centro de Mujeres Daughters of Bilitis
U-Haul_lesbian
1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War
ordered him to take a defensive position near Lenud's Ferry on the Santee River outside the city, but Lincoln surrendered around the time Buford reached
Battle_of_Waxhaws
Type of literary tradition
2017 Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective, Haymarket Books, 2017 Ellen Samuels, "Six Ways of Looking
Autotheory
Term which grew out of Black American gay social culture
Washington, D.C. Down low LGBTQ hip-hop History Warehouse (nightclub) Combahee River Collective First Black Lesbian Conference Paris Is Burning (film) Moonlight
Kiki_(social_gathering)
Black and Latino LGBT subculture in the United States
Washington, D.C. Down low LGBTQ hip-hop History Warehouse (nightclub) Combahee River Collective First Black Lesbian Conference Paris Is Burning (film) Moonlight
Ball_culture
American drama film by Barry Jenkins
Washington, D.C. Down low LGBTQ hip-hop History Warehouse (nightclub) Combahee River Collective First Black Lesbian Conference Paris Is Burning (film) Moonlight
Moonlight_(2016_film)
1782 battle in the American Revolution
House in the Horseshoe Elizabethtown Eutaw Springs Lindley's Mill Raft Swamp 1782 Videau's Bridge Wambaw Combahee River James Island 1783 Chesapeake Bay
Battle_of_James_Island
American academic (born 1946)
of Massachusetts Boston. She was one of three authors of the famous Combahee River Collective Statement, "one of the most widely read discussions of Black
Beverly_Smith
African American ritual dance
ISBN 9781135855130. Fields-Black, Edda (2024). Combee Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War. Oxford University Press
Ring_shout
1780 battle
company of Patriot militia at Lenud's Ferry, a crossing point on the Santee River, north of which lies present-day Georgetown County. General Sir Henry Clinton
Battle_of_Lenud's_Ferry
Awards for journalism and related fields
History Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War, by Edda L. Fields-Black (Oxford University Press) Native
2025_Pulitzer_Prize
Slang for a stereotypically feminine lesbian
Bi-National Lesbian Conference Camp Sister Spirit Chicago Lesbian Liberation Combahee River Collective Connexxus Women's Center/Centro de Mujeres Daughters of Bilitis
Lipstick_lesbian
Symbols for lesbian community
Sister Spirit Chicago Lesbian Liberation Coalition of African Lesbians Combahee River Collective Connexxus Women's Center/Centro de Mujeres Daughters of Bilitis
Lesbian_flags
1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War
Foot. It was fought near the junction of Fishing Creek and the Catawba River in South Carolina. British forces under Banastre Tarleton surprised the
Battle_of_Fishing_Creek
Lesbian slang term
Bi-National Lesbian Conference Camp Sister Spirit Chicago Lesbian Liberation Combahee River Collective Connexxus Women's Center/Centro de Mujeres Daughters of Bilitis
Dyke_(slang)
Activist feminist press
Smith, and their associate Demita Frazier, had together cofounded the Combahee River Collective (CRC). The Kitchen Table became inactive soon after Audre
Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press
Kitchen_Table:_Women_of_Color_Press
1868 biography of Tubman by Sarah H. Bradford
A Story of Young Harriet Tubman (1996) Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War (2024) Film A Woman Called
Harriet, the Moses of her People
Harriet,_the_Moses_of_her_People
Sexual subculture within the African-American community
the Down Low: The Journey to Acceptance, Healing and Honest Love". Three Rivers Press. p. 36. Archived from the original on 2023-05-16. Retrieved 2009-12-18
Down-low_(sexual_slang)
United States National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina
The wildlife refuge is divided into two units: the Edisto River unit and the Combahee River unit. The following threatened or endangered species are present
ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge
ACE_Basin_National_Wildlife_Refuge
2017 book edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Feminism and the Combahee River Collective is a 2017 book edited by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor about the principles involved with Combahee River Collective. It
How_We_Get_Free
Style of modern house dance
Washington, D.C. Down low LGBTQ hip-hop History Warehouse (nightclub) Combahee River Collective First Black Lesbian Conference Paris Is Burning (film) Moonlight
Vogue_(dance)
Washington, D.C. Down low LGBTQ hip-hop History Warehouse (nightclub) Combahee River Collective First Black Lesbian Conference Paris Is Burning (film) Moonlight
African-American_culture
Military Operation
of its strategic location at the confluence of the Congaree and Wateree rivers. The British garrisoned roughly 175 soldiers under Lieutenant Daniel McPherson
Siege_of_Fort_Motte
United States historic place
A Story of Young Harriet Tubman (1996) Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War (2024) Film A Woman Called
Harriet_Tubman_Grave
County in South Carolina, United States
coastal portion of the new South Carolina Colony and bordering on the Combahee River. In 1706, the county was divided between the new Saint Bartholomew and
Colleton County, South Carolina
Colleton_County,_South_Carolina
American comedian (born 1947)
Sister Spirit Chicago Lesbian Liberation Coalition of African Lesbians Combahee River Collective Connexxus Women's Center/Centro de Mujeres Daughters of Bilitis
Kate_Clinton
1992 American film
A Story of Young Harriet Tubman (1996) Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War (2024) Film A Woman Called
The_Quest_for_Freedom
Former nightclub in Chicago, Illinois, US
Washington, D.C. Down low LGBTQ hip-hop History Warehouse (nightclub) Combahee River Collective First Black Lesbian Conference Paris Is Burning (film) Moonlight
Warehouse_(nightclub)
1781 siege of the American Revolutionary War
targeted Fort Watson, a small stockaded fort on the east side of the Santee River. John Watson, the commander of the fort, had gone to Lord Rawdon at Camden
Siege_of_Fort_Watson
also helped inspire the founding of the Boston-based organization the Combahee River Collective in 1974 which not only led the way for crucial antiracist
Feminist movements and ideologies
Feminist_movements_and_ideologies
Impact of African-American abolitionist
Dwight created a 14-foot monument to Tubman's participation in the Combahee River Raid, which depicts Tubman flanked by soldiers, with escapees running
Legacy_of_Harriet_Tubman
1781 battle of the American Revolutionary War
force moved towards Camden to cross the Wateree River, and then Howell's Ferry to cross the Congaree River. By 4 Sept., they were camped at Fort Motte, then
Battle_of_Eutaw_Springs
Type of dance
Washington, D.C. Down low LGBTQ hip-hop History Warehouse (nightclub) Combahee River Collective First Black Lesbian Conference Paris Is Burning (film) Moonlight
Waacking
1982 anthology published by Feminist Press
Frances Berry Lorraine Bethel Martha H. Brown Constance M. Carroll Combahee River Collective Tia Cross Rita B. Dandridge Jacquelyn Grant's paper "Black
All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are Brave
All_the_Women_Are_White,_All_the_Blacks_Are_Men,_But_Some_of_Us_Are_Brave
House in the Horseshoe Elizabethtown Eutaw Springs Lindley's Mill Raft Swamp 1782 Videau's Bridge Wambaw Combahee River James Island 1783 Chesapeake Bay
Battle_of_Videau's_Bridge
Battle of the American Revolutionary War
forces established a fortified outpost at Rocky Mount on the upper Catawba River, near the North Carolina border. It was garrisoned by the New York Volunteers
Huck's_Defeat
1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War
established at Rocky Mount, near the confluence of Rocky Creek and the Catawba River, south of present-day Great Falls, South Carolina. This outpost was garrisoned
Battle_of_Rocky_Mount
Popular myth about lesbian sexuality
Bi-National Lesbian Conference Camp Sister Spirit Chicago Lesbian Liberation Combahee River Collective Connexxus Women's Center/Centro de Mujeres Daughters of Bilitis
Lesbian_bed_death
Major general in the British Army during the American Revolutionary War
Battle of Princeton (1777) Battle of Monmouth (1778) Siege of Charleston (1780) Battle of Guilford Court House (1781) Battle of the Combahee River (1782)
Alexander Leslie (British Army officer)
Alexander_Leslie_(British_Army_officer)
1781 battle of the American Revolutionary War
(also known as Pyle's defeat, Pyle's hacking match or the Battle of Haw River) was an engagement fought in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina
Pyle's_Massacre
Siege (1781) in the American Revolutionary War
House in the Horseshoe Elizabethtown Eutaw Springs Lindley's Mill Raft Swamp 1782 Videau's Bridge Wambaw Combahee River James Island 1783 Chesapeake Bay
Siege_of_Ninety_Six
1983 film by Lizzie Borden
media historian Lucas Hilderbrand notes the film's parallels with the Combahee River Collective's A Black Feminist Statement (1977) [see 'Influence' below]
Born_in_Flames
1780 Battle of the American Revolutionary War
for Cornwallis in the northeastern part of the state, east of the Santee River. His activities were successful enough that Cornwallis sent Lieutenant Colonel
Battle_of_Fishdam_Ford
1780 American Revolutionary War battle
50-man mounted company attacked the Loyalist forces near the Little Pee Dee River, routing their 45-man advance guard. The next day at dawn, Marion’s men
Battle_of_Black_Mingo
1990 film by Jennie Livingston
Willi Ninja, and film editor Jonathan Oppenheim. An episode of The Joan Rivers Show from 1991 with Livingston, Dorian Corey, Pepper Labeija, Freddie Pendavis
Paris_Is_Burning_(film)
Homosexual woman or girl
Sister Spirit Chicago Lesbian Liberation Coalition of African Lesbians Combahee River Collective Connexxus Women's Center/Centro de Mujeres Daughters of Bilitis
Lesbian
American television series (2016–2018)
Harriet Tubman to orchestrate a plantation raid similar to the original Combahee River Raid, while Lucy and Flynn convince Montgomery to reinforce Tubman.
Timeless_(American_TV_series)
American general (1743–1792)
Maryland Brigade Conflicts American Revolutionary War Battle of Long Island Battle of Camden Siege of Yorktown Battle of the Combahee River Signature
Mordecai_Gist
American Founding Father, slave trader, and merchant
son, Colonel John Laurens, was killed in 1782 in the Battle of the Combahee River, as one of the last casualties of the Revolutionary War. He had supported
Henry_Laurens
In 1977, a Bostonian Black lesbian feminist organization called the Combahee River Collective published their statement which is an important artifact
History of lesbianism in the United States
History_of_lesbianism_in_the_United_States
1781 battle of the American Revolutionary War
Fort Bute. In September 1779 he gained control over the lower Mississippi River by capturing Fort Bute and then shortly thereafter obtaining the surrender
Siege_of_Pensacola
Masculine lesbian
Bi-National Lesbian Conference Camp Sister Spirit Chicago Lesbian Liberation Combahee River Collective Connexxus Women's Center/Centro de Mujeres Daughters of Bilitis
Stone_butch
American feminist (born 1952)
emerging lesbian feminist movement at the time that the oft-quoted Combahee River Collective was in formation, even joining the Boston chapter of the
Diane_Sabin
Battle of the American Revolutionary War
War. It was fought on February 1, 1781, at Cowan's Ford on the Catawba River in northwestern Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, between a force of about
Battle_of_Cowan's_Ford
1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War
militia operated primarily in South Carolina, between the Pee Dee and Santee Rivers throughout 1780. Unlike the regular army Marion's Militia used guerrilla
Battle_of_Tearcoat_Swamp
Philosophical and political ideology
African-American socialism Afro-Caribbean leftism Autonomism Critical race theory Combahee River Collective Neo-Marxism Post-Marxism Postcolonialism Prison abolition
Black_radical_tradition
removed gunpowder stored in Williamsburg to a British warship in the James River. Dunmore saw rising unrest in the colony and was trying to deprive Virginia
Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War
Southern_theater_of_the_American_Revolutionary_War
1780 battle of the American Revolutionary War
Departing New Jersey on 16 April, they arrived at the Buffalo Ford on the Deep River, 30 miles south of Greensboro, in July. Horatio Gates, the "Hero of Saratoga"
Battle_of_Camden
1781 battle of the American Revolutionary War
unconventional decision to divide his army, sending a detachment west of the Catawba River to raise the morale of the locals and find supplies beyond the limited amounts
Battle_of_Cowpens
Masculine and feminine identities in lesbians
Bi-National Lesbian Conference Camp Sister Spirit Chicago Lesbian Liberation Combahee River Collective Connexxus Women's Center/Centro de Mujeres Daughters of Bilitis
Butch_and_femme
Comic strip by American cartoonist Alison Bechdel
Sister Spirit Chicago Lesbian Liberation Coalition of African Lesbians Combahee River Collective Connexxus Women's Center/Centro de Mujeres Daughters of Bilitis
Dykes_to_Watch_Out_For
abolitionist (27 August 1782), prior to death at the Battle of the Combahee River "Stand by me, my brave grenadiers." — Charles Lee, Continental Army
List of last words (18th century)
List_of_last_words_(18th_century)
Feminist movement, 1990s–2010s
Lorde, Maxine Hong Kingston, Leslie Marmon Silko and the members of the Combahee River Collective sought to negotiate a space within feminist thought for consideration
Third-wave_feminism
American academic
in the work of Audre Lorde, Cherríe Moraga, Barbara Smith, and the Combahee River Collective which do not presume homogeneity across racial or national
Roderick_Ferguson
American award for history books
Peopling of America on the Eve of the Revolution Paul Horgan, 1955 for Great River: The Rio Grande in North American History and 1976 for Lamy of Santa Fe
Pulitzer_Prize_for_History
American writer and political figure
she became a member of a black feminist organization known as the Combahee River Collective. After graduating from college, McCray moved to New York
Chirlane_McCray
the University of Massachusetts Boston, and author and member of the Combahee River Collective (twin sister of Barbara Smith) Norman Solomon, journalist
List of Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign endorsements
List_of_Bernie_Sanders_2020_presidential_campaign_endorsements
Identity for people, usually lesbians, with masculine characteristics
Bi-National Lesbian Conference Camp Sister Spirit Chicago Lesbian Liberation Combahee River Collective Connexxus Women's Center/Centro de Mujeres Daughters of Bilitis
Butch_(slang)
Argentine feminist philosopher (1944–2020)
resistance. Lugones's work has been influenced by Gloria Anzaldúa, Combahee River Collective, Audre Lorde, Marilyn Frye, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Frantz Fanon
Maria_Lugones
1780 battle
established at Rocky Mount, near the confluence of Rocky Creek and the Catawba River, south of present-day Great Falls, South Carolina. This outpost was garrisoned
Battle of Mobley's Meeting House
Battle_of_Mobley's_Meeting_House
COMBAHEE RIVER
COMBAHEE RIVER
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Mathew; a variant spelling of Matthews. In the U.S., this form has absorbed some European cognates such as German Matthäus.Among the earliest bearers of the name in North America was Samuel Mathews (c.1600–c.1657), who came to VA from London in about 1618. He established a plantation at the mouth of the Warwick River, which was at first called Mathews Manor; later its name was changed to Denbigh. He was one of the most powerful and influential men in the early affairs of the colony. He (or possibly his son, who bore the same name) was governor of the colony from 1657 until his death in 1660.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin. It may be a nickname for a beggar, from an agent derivative of maund ‘beg’ (probably from Old French mendier, Late Latin mendicare); this word is not attested before the 16th century, but may well have been in use earlier. Alternatively it may be an occupational name for a maker of baskets, from an agent derivative of Middle English maund ‘basket’ (Old French mande, of Germanic origin); or perhaps for someone in some position of authority, from a shortened form of Middle English coma(u)nder (from coma(u)nden ‘to command’).German : habitational name from places called Mandern, in Hesse and the Rhineland.Belgian (van der Mander) : habitational name from a place called Ter Mandere or Mandel, in West Flanders, derived from the river name Mandel.Indian (Panjab) : Sikh (Dogar, Jat) name of unknown meaning, based on the names of clans in these communities.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places in Lancashire and southern Cumbria, named in Old English as Lunesdæl, from the river name Lune + dæl ‘valley’. This ancient British river name is the same as in the first element in Lancaster, through which city the river runs.
Surname or Lastname
English (now found mainly in northern Ireland)
English (now found mainly in northern Ireland) : habitational name from any of the various places so called, in Northamptonshire, Devon, Lincolnshire, and elsewhere. The one in Northamptonshire is Old English Ludingtūn ‘settlement (tūn) associated with Luda’ (a personal name of uncertain origin); that in Cornwood, Devon, is Old English Ludantūn ‘Luda’s settlement’; that in Lincolnshire is ‘pool settlement’, from Old English luh ‘pool’, and Lutton in North Yorkshire is ‘settlement on the river Hlūde’ (see Loud) or ‘Luda’s settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Shropshire, so named from the Old English river name HlÅ«de (from hlÅ«d ‘loud’, ‘roaring’) referring to the Teme river + hlÄw ‘hill’. See also Laidlaw.Dutch : from the personal name Ludolph.
Surname or Lastname
Welsh
Welsh : from the Welsh personal name Meurig, a form of Maurice, Latin Mauritius (see Morris).English : from an Old French personal name introduced to Britain by the Normans, composed of the Germanic elements meri, mari ‘fame’ + rīc ‘power’.Scottish : habitational name from a place near Minigaff in the county of Dumfries and Galloway, so called from Gaelic meurach ‘branch or fork of a road or river’.Irish : when not Welsh or English in origin, probably an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mearadhaigh (see Merry).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Louth in Lincolnshire, so called from its position on the river Lud (Old English Hlūde, meaning ‘the loud one’).Irish : when not of English origin (see 1), probably a reduced and altered form of McLeod. Compare McLouth.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
King Henry the Sixth, Part III' Lord Rivers, brother to Lady Grey. 'King Richard III' Earl...
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the place in Bedfordshire (named in Old English as ‘settlement (Old English tūn) on the (river) Lea’), or, more plausibly in view of the pattern of distribution, from Luton in Devon (near Teignmouth), named in Old English as ‘Lēofgifu’s settlement’ (from an Old English female personal name composed of the elements lēof ‘dear’, ‘beloved’ + gifu ‘gift’). A further possible source of the name is Luton in Kent, named as the ‘settlement of Lēofa’.
Surname or Lastname
Norwegian
Norwegian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads in southwestern Norway, named with Old Norse lón ‘calm, deep pool (in a river)’.English : variant of Lane.Muslim : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived in the center of a village, from Middle English midde ‘mid’ + toun ‘village’, ‘town’.English : habitational name from places in Lancashire, Worcestershire, and West Yorkshire, so named in Old English as ‘farmstead at a river confluence’, from (ge)m̄ðe ‘river confluence’ + tūn ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land (see Layman).Dutch : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements liut ‘people’, or possibly liub ‘dear’, ‘beloved’ + man ‘man’.Americanized form of German Leimann, Americanized form of Leinemann, habitational name for someone from Leine in Pomerania, or for someone who lived by either of two rivers called Leine, near Hannover and in Saxony.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a pair of villages in Cheshire, on either side of the Weaver river, recorded in Domesday Book as Maneshale, from the genitive case of the Old English personal name Mann + Old English scylf ‘shelf’, ‘ledge’.
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : shortened form of McMeans.English : habitational names from East and West Meon in Hampshire, which take their names from the Meon river. The word is Celtic but of uncertain meaning, possibly ‘swift one’.nickname from Middle English mene ‘inferior in rank’, ‘of low degree’ (from Old English gemǣne), or from Middle English mene ‘moderate in behaviour’ (from Old French mëen, mean).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name from Old English hlið, hlid, Old Norse hlÃð ‘slope’.English : habitational name from places so named in Shropshire, Herefordshire, or Somerset, or on the island of Orkney. The Herefordshire and Somerset places are named with the Old English river name HlÌ„de (see Loud).English : from a medieval byname derived from Old English līðe ‘mild’, ‘gentle’.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of various places in northern France called Rivières, from the plural form of Old French rivière ‘river’ (originally meaning ‘riverbank’, from Latin riparia). The absence of English forms without the final -s makes it unlikely that it is ever from the borrowed Middle English vocabulary word river, but the French and other Romance cognates do normally have this sense.Common Americanized form of French Larivière. ire.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Japanese
River
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Cumbria, so called from the river on which it stands. The place name is of obscure etymology, perhaps of ancient Welsh origin (compare Lauder), or from Old Norse lauðr ‘froth’, ‘foam’ + á ‘river’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places so named in Cumbria, probably so named from an Old English river name Hlóra nmeaning ‘the roaring one’ + Old English tūn ‘settlement’.
Surname or Lastname
English (Norfolk)
English (Norfolk) : from the Middle English personal name Loveke, Old English Lufeca, a derivative of Lufa (see Love 1), or LÄ“ofeca, a derivative of LÄ“ofa (see Leaf 2).English : perhaps a habitational name from places in Cumbria and Northumberland called Lowick, or Lowich in Northamptonshire. The first is from Old Norse lauf ‘leaf’ + vÃk ‘creek’; the second is from the river name Low (possibly from Old English luh ‘pool’) + Old English wÄ«c ‘dairy farm’, ‘dwelling’; and the third from an unattested Old English personal name, Luffa, or Luhha + wÄ«c.Probably a respelling of Lovik.
COMBAHEE RIVER
COMBAHEE RIVER
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African, American, Arabic, Danish, Farsi, French, German, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian, Jamaican, Jewish, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Muslim, Oriya, Parsi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Traditional
Sweet Smelling; Jasmine Flower; Fragrant Flower; Flower; Jasmine
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Arabic, Muslim
Speak Melodious
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English Gaelic
Bridge.
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Hindu
Religion, Law religious
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Hindu
Name of Lord Vishnu
Male
Welsh
Variant spelling of Old Welsh Guorthigern, GUORTHIGIRN means "high lord" or "overlord."
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Hindu
Victorious hero, Powerful
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Arabic, Muslim
Adorning the Assembly
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Arabic, Muslim
Helper of the Religion Islam
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Indian, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sikh
Spiritual Short; Intention; Spiritual
COMBAHEE RIVER
COMBAHEE RIVER
COMBAHEE RIVER
COMBAHEE RIVER
COMBAHEE RIVER
adv.
In a high degree; to no small extent; exceedingly; excessively; extremely; as, a very great mountain; a very bright sum; a very cold day; the river flows very rapidly; he was very much hurt.
n.
High land; ground elevated above the meadows and intervals which lie on the banks of rivers, near the sea, or between hills; land which is generally dry; -- opposed to lowland, meadow, marsh, swamp, interval, and the like.
imp. & p. p.
of Combat
v. t.
To pass or cross by wading; as, he waded /he rivers and swamps.
n. .
An artificial passage or archway for conducting canals or railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like.
n. pl.
A tribe of North American Indians formerly living on the Neuse and Tar rivers in North Carolina. They were conquered in 1713, after which the remnant of the tribe joined the Five Nations, thus forming the Six Nations. See Six Nations, under Six.
a.
Such as can be, or is liable to be, combated; as, combatable foes, evils, or arguments.
v. i.
To hawk by the side of a river; to fly hawks at river fowl.
v. t.
To make an opening, or a passageway, through or under; as, to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river.
n.
The side or bank of a river.
n.
A traveler; -- applied in Canada to a man employed by the fur companies in transporting goods by the rivers and across the land, to and from the remote stations in the Northwest.
n.
A genus of fresh-water or river turtles which have the shell imperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin. They are noted for their agility and rapacity. Called also soft tortoise, soft-shell tortoise, and mud turtle.
adv.
From a lower to a higher position, literally or figuratively; as, from a recumbent or sitting position; from the mouth, toward the source, of a river; from a dependent or inferior condition; from concealment; from younger age; from a quiet state, or the like; -- used with verbs of motion expressed or implied.
n.
One who combats.
n.
Fig.: A large stream; copious flow; abundance; as, rivers of blood; rivers of oil.
n.
A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; an affluent.
n.
The quality or state of being a river.
a.
Having rivers; as, a rivery country.
a.
Not divided; not separated or disunited; unbroken; whole; continuous; as, plains undivided by rivers or mountains.
a.
Supplied with rivers; as, a well rivered country.