Confluence
Pronunciation : Con"flu*ence
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. The act of flowing together; the meeting or junction of two or more streams; the place of meeting.
New York stood at the confluence of two rivers. Bancroft.
2. Any running together of separate streams or currents; the act of meeting and crowding in a place; hence, a crowd; a concourse; an assemblage.
You see this confluence, this great flood of vistors. Shak.
The confluence . . . of all true joys. Boyle.
[L. confluentia.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913