Derwent

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Derwent is the name of several rivers:

Australia:

Derwent River, Tasmania

United Kingdom:

River Derwent, Derbyshire, England; see also Upper Derwent Valley
River Derwent, County Durham, England
River Derwent, Cumbria, England, also the lake Derwent Water in the Lake District
River Derwent, Yorkshire, England

and also of one settlement:

Derwent, Derbyshire, England

The name is also used for a number of other items:

Derwent is also the name of an early Rolls-Royce jet engine.

Derwent is also a company manufacturing fine art pencils.

Derwent is a college at the University of York.

Electoral division of Derwent is an election district in Tasmania.

The name Derwent derives from the Brythonic term Derventio meaning "valley thick with oaks".

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