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Italian river miles away from wood (5)

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tiber

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(Other definitions for tiber that I've seen before include "Italian river with Ostia at its mouth" , "River of Rome" , "River entering the Mediterranean at Ostia" , "Rome's river" , "divides Rome" .)

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