Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—F

Father of Waters

The Irawaddy, in Burmah, and the Mississippi, in North America. The Nile is so called by Dr. Johnson in his Rasselas. (See Father Thames.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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