confluence

Noun
Synonyms: meetingconfluxmergingconcourse

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)“Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers”Synonyms: meeting
  2. a flowing togetherSynonyms: confluxmerging
  3. a coming together of peopleSynonyms: concourse
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Confluence \Con"flu*ence\, n. [L. confluentia.]

1.The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting. [1913 Webster]

New York stood at the confluence of two rivers.— Bancroft.[1913 Webster]

2.Any running together of separate streams or currents; the act of meeting and crowding in a place; hence, a crowd; a concourse; an assemblage. [1913 Webster]

You see this confluence, this great flood of vistors.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
The confluence . . . of all true joys.— Boyle.[1913 Webster]
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