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The Sabrina River
The word "sabrinus" refers to the Severn River in Ontario, Canada, where famed British naturalist George Shaw made his first observation of the northern flying squirrel in 1801. The Severn River in Ontario was named after the Severn River in England, which was originally called the Sabrina River by the Romans, when they occupied that area of the world, from 43 B.C. to the end of the 4th century.

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A map of Roman Britain. Red rectangle shows location of Sabrina River and Sabrina Estuary.


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Red rectangle area enlarged to show detail.

  • Top arrow points to "Sabrina FL". FL is a Latin short form for the word "Flumen", which  means "River".
  • Bottom arrow points to the "Sabrina Est.". "Est." is a Latin short form for the word "Aestuarium" or Estuary. An estuary is defined as "a water passage where the tide meets a river current, especially an arm of sea at the lower end of a river".