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  • Once the style was adopted, rh - was used where even hr - would have feared to tread, e.g., in the Celtic river name Rhenus (the h has remained in German Rhein and English Rhine); also in Rhēmi (for Rēmi) the name of a Gaulish tribe giving its name (perhaps voluntarily) to Reims (with variant Rheims).

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 4 1981

  • President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama kiss at the start of a town hall style meeting at Rhenus Sports Arena in Strasbourg, France, Friday, April 3, 2009.

    April 3 — At the town hall meeting - Uncategorized - Macleans.ca 2009

  • You're looking at a live picture of the Rhenus Sports Arena in Strasbourg, France, where in the next few minutes; President Obama will be holding a town hall meeting.

    CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2009 2009

  • Rhenium was named after the Greek word for the Rhine River, Rhenus.

    Rhenium 2008

  • Settle hordes of Ubii Germans on the Gallic bank of the Rhenus.

    Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

  • Settle hordes of Ubii Germans on the Gallic bank of the Rhenus.

    Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

  • They were sports fans from Germama. a couple of big, flabby, fair-haired River Rhenus wine merchants I recognised the pointed hoods they wore, on capes with triangular front flaps We discussed northern places.

    See Delphi and Die Davis, Lindsey 2005

  • He cut cross-country the whole way, avoiding the high mountains and thickest forests by following the great rivers — Rhenus to Mosella, Mosella to Arar, Arar to Rhodanus.

    The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990

  • The Teutones and the Tigurini, Marcomanni, and Cherusci are trying to cross the Rhenus into Germania, while the Cimbri are trying to cross the Pyrenees into Spain.

    The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990

  • The Cimbri and the mixed group led by the Tigurini started off to follow the Rhenus, while the Teutones wandered southeast down the Mosa.

    The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990

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