Blackwater

See also: black water and blackwater

English

Proper noun

Blackwater

1. A surname from Navajo used by the Navajo people.
2. A river in Essex, England, which flows into the North Sea at Bradwell.
   • 1950 December, R. C. J. Day and R. K. Kirkland, “The Kelvedon & Tollesbury Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, pages 838, 839:

     The principal water-barrier of this type is the muddy estuary of the tidal River Blackwater, which is last bridged in the seaward direction at the ancient town of Maldon. […] In those days, yachting on the east coast was a favourite relaxation, and it was proposed to extend the line for 1¾ miles to a pier on the River Blackwater, where yachts could be moored.

3. A river in Hampshire, Surrey and Berkshire, England, which joins the River Loddon; the Hampshire town of Blackwater is on this river.
4. A river in Wiltshire and Hampshire, England, which joins the River Test.
5. A village near St Agnes, Cornwall.
6. A town in Blackwater and Hawley parish, Hart district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU8559).
7. A village in Arreton parish, Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5086).
8. Any of several rivers in Ireland:
   1. A river in County Fermanagh and County Armagh, Northern Ireland, with a stretch on the border with County Monaghan, Ireland; the river flows into Lough Neagh.

Derived terms

• Blackwater and Hawley

Translations

village in Cornwall

• Cornish: Dowrdu

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Blackwater is the 48,256^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 438 individuals. Blackwater is most common among American Indian/Alaska Native (89.5%) individuals.