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Stour  (stour, str, str)

A river, about 64 km (40 mi) long, of southeast England emptying into the North Sea in two channels enclosing the Isle of Thanet.

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stour [staʊə] Scot, stoor [stuːr]

n Scot and northern English dialect

1. turmoil or conflict

2. dust; a cloud of dust

[from Old French estour armed combat, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German sturm storm]

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Stour [staʊə]

n

1. (Placename) Also called Great Stour a river in S England, in Kent, rising in the Weald and flowing N to the North Sea: separates the Isle of Thanet from the mainland

2. (Placename) any of several smaller rivers in England