Tiber

[ tahy-ber ]

/ ˈtaɪ bər /

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noun

a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.

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Italian Te·ve·re

[te-ve-re] /ˈtɛ vɛ rɛ/ .

OTHER WORDS FROM Tiber

trans-Tiber, adjective

Words nearby Tiber

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How to use Tiber in a sentence

The year before, a drunk college student fell from a Roman bridge into the Tiber River.
Rome’s Deadly Pub Crawls Kill American College Student|Barbie Latza Nadeau|March 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Running along the Tiber is tough on the legs and lungs: The pavement is hard and uneven.
Running the World|Michael Chertoff|July 25, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The Seventy, impelled by the current of the Tiber, were rapidly advancing to the assistance of their brothers.
Rule of the Monk|Giuseppe Garibaldi
Belisarius had meant to dispute the passage of the Tiber at this point.
Theodoric the Goth|Thomas Hodgkin

Three times they had met on the great road, lined with elms and plane-trees, which skirts the Tiber.
The conquest of Rome|Matilde Serao
Under her orders he sailed for Italy; and the vessel, at considerable trouble and expense, was conveyed up the Tiber.
The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 1/2|Camden Pelham
While at Rome we also witnessed an overflow of the Tiber, that caused great suffering and destroyed much property.
The Memoirs of General P. H. Sheridan, Complete|General Philip Henry Sheridan

British Dictionary definitions for Tiber

Tiber

/ (ˈtaɪbə) /

noun

a river in central Italy, rising in the Tuscan Apennines and flowing south through Rome to the Tyrrhenian Sea. Length: 405 km (252 miles)Ancient name: Tiberis (ˈtiːbərɪs) Italian name: Tevere

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