Ross River
短语[网络] 罗斯河;罗斯里弗;罗斯里沃
词形变化
the Ross River
释义与例句
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A river in northern Queensland, Australia, flowing through the city of Townsville.
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A tributary of the Eastmain River in Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada.
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A tributary of the Pelly River, Yukon, Canada.
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An unincorporated community in Yukon, Canada, located where the river of the same name meets the Pelly River.
词源
* (Queensland): Named in 1864 after William Alfred Ross (–1887), first publican of the settlement who later became a mayor of Townsville in 1868. * (Yukon): Named in 1843 by Robert Campbell after Donald Ross, a chief factor of the Hudson’s Bay Company.
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