The term has found widespread use throughout Southern Africa and often simply means gathering or meeting.

The area's Aboriginal name is 'Mookaboola' or 'Moocooboola', which means meeting of waters.

The word Urs is derived from "uroos", which means "ultimate meeting of an individual with God".

In Bambara, Bafoulabé means "meeting of two rivers".

The Potawatomie Indians named this area and called it Channahon, which means "meeting of the waters."

Milan in many Indian languages means meeting.

The river's name means "meeting of two rivers" in the Mi'kmaq language.

The river's name means "meeting of waters" in Mi'kmaq, most likely referring to the confluence of it and the larger Restigouche River at its mouth.

The name "Folkmoot", used for a festival in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, means "meeting of the people".

It literally means "meeting of hands."