3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
New York stood at the confluence of two rivers.
--Bancroft.
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.
You see this confluence, this great flood of
vistors --Shak.
The confluence . . . of all true joys. --Boyle.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
confluence
n 1: a place where two things come together; "Pittsburgh is
located at the confluence of the Allegheny and
Monongahela rivers" [syn: {junction}, {meeting}]
2: a flowing together (as of rivers) [syn: {conflux}, {merging}]
3: a coming together of people [syn: {concourse}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Confluence, KY
Zip code(s): 41730
Confluence, PA (borough, FIPS 15680)
Location: 39.80948 N, 79.35434 W
Population (1990): 873 (413 housing units)
Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
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