Word of the Day: CONFLUENCE

It's all coming together...

confluence (noun) - the act or place of flowing together or gathering together (also conflux) [kon-floo-uhns]

BREAKDOWN: CON- (with) + FLU- (flow) + -ENCE (act or state)

• a confluence is where two or more watercourses meet to form a single channel

• confluent means running, flowing, or blending together

“Egypt was—as it is now—a confluence of cultures, as a result of being a crossroads geographically between Africa, the Middle East and Europe.” —Ridley Scott