Last name meaning Ferris: This is an Anglicization of the Old Gaelic name O' Fearghusa - a compound of the Gaelic O (meaning grandson or male descendant) and the personal name Fergus, composed of the elements fear - a man and gus - vigour or force...
At other times, a confluence can be the location where two smaller streams or rivers merge to become the source for a new river. This is the case in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where the Monongahela River and Allegheny River merge to create the Ohio River.
The confluence of the rivers produced a great rush of water. A convergence or combination of forces, people, or things. The confluence of our skills resulted in a successful home renovation project. The proportion of cells, in a culture medium, that adhere to each other; Synonyms . conflux; Related terms . confluence aloft; Translations