Rive (plural: rives) is a

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word meaning "bank" (of a river). It could also refer to the following people or places:

Geography

France

Rives is the name of 2 communes in

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Rives, Isère Rives () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Population Access By road: By motorway (A48) or the Départemental Road, the D1085, between Lyon and Grenoble By train: The TER Lyon Perrache/Saint André le Gaz/Grenoble l ...

in the Isère ''département'' *

Rives, Lot-et-Garonne Rives (; oc, Ribas) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in southwestern France. See also *Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department The following is a list of the 319 communes of the French department of Lot-et-Garonne. The commun ...

, in the Lot-et-Garonne ''département''

United States

Rives Township, Michigan Rives Township is a civil township of Jackson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,683 at the 2010 census. Communities * Rives Junction is an unincorporated community in the township at . It was founded in 1834 by Samuel ...

Rives, Missouri Rives is a town in Dunklin County, Missouri, United States. The population was 63 at the 2010 census. History Rives had its start in 1894 when the railroad was extended to that point. A post office called Rives has been in operation since 1915 ...

Rives, Tennessee Rives is a town in Obion County, Tennessee. The population was 326 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Union City, TN– KY Micropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Rives is located at (36.357124, -89.049744). According to the United St ...

People

Rives is the name of several people: *

Rives (poet) Rives (born 1968) is an American poet, storyteller, and author. He appeared on Seasons 3-6 of HBO's Def Poetry Jam and was a member of Team Hollywood, which won the 2004 National Poetry Slam. His best-known poems include "Kite," about waking up a ...

— a performance poet *

Alexander Rives Alexander Rives (June 17, 1806 – September 17, 1885) was a Virginia attorney, politician and plantation owner. He served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, as a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia and as a United States dis ...

— U.S. District Court judge from Virginia *

Alfred L. Rives Alfred Landon Rives (March 25, 1830, Paris, France – February 27, 1903 Castle Hill, Virginia) was an American engineer. He worked on various railroads, bridges, buildings and canals in Northern and Central America. He also served as a Confede ...

— was an American engineer *

Francis Everod Rives Francis Everod Rives (January 14, 1792 – December 26, 1861) was a Virginia Democratic politician and businessman who served two terms in the United States House of Representatives. After making his fortune as a slave trader, Rives became a p ...

- American politician from Virginia *

George Lockhart Rives George Lockhart Rives (May 1, 1849 – August 18, 1917), was an American lawyer, politician, and author who served as United States Assistant Secretary of State from 1887 to 1889. Early life Rives was born in New York City on May 1, 1849, to Franc ...

- American diplomat *

Jean Baptiste Rives Jean-Baptiste Jassont Lafayette Rives, sometimes referred to as John Reeves (1793–1833), was a French adventurer who served in the court of the Kingdom of Hawaii. His first name was sometimes spelled John and last name Reeves by English speakers ...

— French secretary in early 19th-century Kingdom of Hawaii * Jean-Pierre Rives — a former French Rugby Union player *

William Cabell Rives William Cabell Rives (May 4, 1793April 25, 1868) was an American lawyer, planter, politician and diplomat from Virginia. Initially a Jackson Democrat as well as member of the First Families of Virginia, Rives served in the Virginia House of Delega ...

- American diplomat and politician from Virginia

Other

Rives (grape) Persan is a red French wine grape variety that is grown primarily in the Savoie region.J. Robinson ''Jancis Robinson's Guide to Wine Grapes'' pg 148 Oxford University Press 1996 While the name hints at a Persian origins for the grape, it is mos ...

, French wine grape