Tweed

Tweed (countable and uncountable, plural Tweeds)

1. A river in the United Kingdom; a river in the Scottish Borders area which for part of its length forms the border between Scotland and England. It flows into the North Sea at Berwick-upon-Tweed and Tweedmouth, England.

   Synonym: River Tweed

   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 296:

     The Tweed is a salmon river, and the Blessing of the Nets ceremony heralds the start of the fishing season.

2. A municipality and community therein, in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
3. An unincorporated community in Laurens County, Georgia, United States.
4. A local government area in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia, named after the Tweed River; in full, Tweed Shire.
5. A river in this region of New South Wales.
6. (countable) A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tweed is the 11456^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2750 individuals. Tweed is most common among White (91.6%) individuals.

• dewet, dweet, tewed

Borrowed from English tweed.

• IPA^(key): /tviːt/
• Hyphenation: Tweed

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• Homophone: Tweet

Tweed m (strong, genitive Tweeds, plural Tweeds or Tweede)

1. tweed (cloth)

• “Tweed” in Duden online