Thames

To a ert that this name has been derived from the Latin (?) Thamesis , “the broad Isis,” or that it expre es the conjunction of the Thame and the Isis, is ridiculous. The word is wholly Celtic, from tam , smooth, and esis , one of the many variants of the original uisg , water. It is quite true that that portion of our noble river which flows past Oxford is called the Isis, but the name is scholastic only, and cannot be found in any ancient charter or historical document. Thames simply means smooth water, or, if we care to admit it, “the smooth Isis.”