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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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