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Noun: confluence  kón-floo-un(t)s
  1. A place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
    "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers";
    - meeting
     
  2. A flowing together
    - conflux, merging
     
  3. A coming together of people
    - concourse

Derived forms: confluences

Type of: blend, blending, coming together, geographic point, geographical point, meeting, merging

Encyclopedia: Confluence, PA

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