Medway

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Medway [ˈmɛdˌweɪ]

1. (Placename) a river in SE England, flowing through Kent and the Medway towns (Rochester, Chatham, and Gillingham) to the Thames estuary. Length: 110 km (70 miles)

2. (Placename) a unitary authority in SE England, in Kent. Pop.: 249 502 (2001). Area: 204 sq. km (79 sq. miles)

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Chatham Gillingham Kent Maidstone river Rochester sheerness Tonbridge			Micawber was induced to think, on inquiry, that there might be an opening for a man of his talent in the Medway Coal Trade. David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context But soon the course of the ship opens the entrance of the Medway, with its men-of-war moored in line, and the long wooden jetty of Port Victoria, with its few low buildings like the beginning of a hasty settlement upon a wild and unexplored shore. The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context On either side, the banks of the Medway, covered with cornfields and pastures, with here and there a windmill, or a distant church, stretched away as far as the eye could see, presenting a rich and varied landscape, rendered more beautiful by the changing shadows which passed swiftly across it as the thin and half-formed clouds skimmed away in the light of the morning sun. The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context			medrese Medrick medroxyprogesterone medulla medulla oblongata medulla spinalis Medullar Medullary Medullary groove medullary ray Medullary rays medullary sheath medullated medullated nerve fiber Medullin medullization medulloblastoma Medusa Medusa bud medusa's head medusahead medusan Medusian Medusiform medusoid Medway mee Meech Meech Lake Accord meed Meedful Meedfully meek meekly meekness Meer meerestone meerkat meerschaum Meerut meet meet up meet up with meet with Meeten Meeter Meeth meeting meeting engagement meeting house meeting of minds			Medvedev, Dmitrii Nikolaevich Medvedev, Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev, Grigorii Medvedev, Grigorii Sergeevich Medvedev, Petr Medvedev, Petr Mikhailovich Medvedev, Sergei Medvedev, Sergei Sergeevich Medvedev, Vadim Andreyevich Medvedev-Sponheur-Karnik Medvedeva, Nadezhda Medvedeva, Nadezhda Mikhailovna Medveditsa Medveditskii Medvedka Medvedkin, Aleksandr Medvedkin, Aleksandr Ivanovich Medvedok Medvezhe Medvezhe Ozero Medvezhegorsk Medvezhi Islands MEDW Medwall, Henry Medway Medway Amateur Basketball Association Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre Medway Council Act 2001 Medway Council Act 2001 Medway Council Act 2004 Medway Council Act 2004 Medway Education Business Partnership Medway Ethnic Minority Forum Medway Grid for Learning Medway High School Medway Index of Local Newspapers Medway Messenger Sunday Football League Medway Military Vehicle Group Medway Model Flying Club Medway News City Boys League Medway News Youth League Medway Towns Medway Towns Medway Towns Medway UA Medway UA Medway Youth Offending Team MEDWG Medyczne Centrum Ksztalcenia Podyplomowego Medyn Medyn-Aduyevo Medynskii, Grigorii Medynskii, Grigorii Aleksandrovich Medzhibozh

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