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Spey

British  
/ speɪ /

noun

  1. a river in E Scotland, flowing generally northeast through the Grampian Mountains to the Moray Firth: salmon fishing; parts of the surrounding area ( Speyside ) are famous for whisky distilleries. Length: 172 km (107 miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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My evening ended a few hundred feet from the hotel on the banks of the River Spey, under a softly lit bridge.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 16, 2026

Golfers can currently play a seven-hole loop reversibly now, and Spey Bay hopes that by 2027, the entire course will be reversible.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 26, 2025

In Speyside, the Scotsman newspaper reports that several whisky distilleries have shut down summer production early due to low water levels on the River Spey.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2025

HMS Spey is one of two British warships - the other being HMS Tamar - permanently on patrol in the Indo-Pacific.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2025

Most of them are stocked with trout and the Spey and Deveron are famous for their salmon.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

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