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Seine

UK/sɛn/ US/seɪn/ uncommon
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

1.

a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel

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2.

a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom

verb

1.

fish with a seine; catch fish with a seine

Origin

From Old English seġne, from Proto-West Germanic *sagīna, from Latin sagēna, from Ancient Greek σαγήνη (sagḗnē, “dragnet”), of unknown origin.

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