Usk

American

[uhsk] / ʌsk /

noun

a river flowing S and SE from SE Wales through SW England into the Severn estuary. 60 miles (97 km) long.

Usk British

/ ʌsk /

noun

a river in SE Wales, flowing southeast and south to the Bristol Channel. Length: 113 km (70 miles)

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One of the UK's largest chicken producers and a water company will be in the High Court on Monday accused of polluting the rivers Wye, Lugg and Usk.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

Another claimant, Gino Parisi from Raglan, Monmouthshire, was worried about the state of the River Usk.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025

"The Usk is at historically low levels and in a drought-like state that means we are having to pay for 100% of the water that is going into that canal to maintain that," he added.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025

A year later and a chance encounter at the Usk Agricultural Show would start Ioan on a journey towards the velodrome.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2025

And then nothing would satisfy us but to go to Usk by the old road; again, ten miles instead of five, but with our "short cut" imposed upon it, a good fifteen miles.

From Far Off Things by Machen, Arthur

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