Aa River

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Aa is the name of a large number of small European rivers. The word is derived from the Old German aha, cognate to the Latin aqua, water (cf. German -ach). In German also Au and Aue exists with the same meaning, similar to Latvia, Lielupe (in German Kurl?dische Aa) and Gauja (in German Livl?dische Aa), both falling into the Gulf of Riga, near Riga, which is situated between them

a river in the north of France, falling into the sea below Gravelines, and navigable as far as Saint-Omer

a river of Switzerland, in German Aabach, in the cantons of Lucerne and Aargau, which carries the waters of Lakes Baldegg and Hallwil into the Aar.

in Germany there are the Westphalian Aa, rising in the Teutoburg Forest, and joining the Werre at Herford, the M?ster Aa, a tributary of the Ems, and others.

in the Netherlands, a river in Groningen province that flows through Groningen city.

in the Netherlands, a river in Noord-Brabant.