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Added 9 October 2026

confluence

/ˈkɒn.flu.əns/ noun

In Latin: confluens Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about confluence at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers).
Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers
A flowing together.
A coming together of people.

Origin

From late Middle English confluence, from Late Latin cōnfluentia (“a flowing together, conflux”), from cōnfluēns (present participle of cōnfluō (“to flow or run together”)) + -ia (nominal suffix).

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