a river in NE England, formed by the confluence of two headstreams, the North Tyne, which rises in the Cheviot Hills, and the South Tyne, which rises in the northern Pennines. It flows generally eastwards, entering the North Sea at Tynemouth
an industrial city and metropolitan district in NE England, a port on the River Tyne; population 170,200 (est. 2009). Full name Newcastle upon Tyne