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Humber

[ huhm-ber ]

noun

  1. an estuary of the Ouse and Trent rivers in E England. 37 miles (60 km) long.


Humber

/ ˈʌə /

noun

  1. an estuary in NE England, into which flow the Rivers Ouse and Trent: flows east into the North Sea; navigable for large ocean-going ships as far as Hull; crossed by the Humber Bridge (1981), a single-span suspension bridge with a main span of 1410 m (4626 ft). Length: 64 km (40 miles)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Families out in busy shops and cafes, a salty breeze from the Humber cutting through the heat rising from the cobblestones.

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Leeds City Council runs the Yorkshire and Humber branch of the project.

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He had not contemplated an attack quite like the one that took place in woodland near the Humber Bridge.

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Treated from May to December 2024, two were in Yorkshire and Humber, one in the North West of England, another in the West Midlands and one in Wales.

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Around 60 live kidney donor transplants are carried out each year for patients across West Yorkshire and the Humber, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust says.

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