Savannah

[ suh-van-uh ]

noun

1. a seaport in E Georgia, near the mouth of the Savannah River.
2. a river flowing SE from E Georgia along most of the boundary between Georgia and South Carolina and into the Atlantic. 314 miles (505 km) long.

Savannah

/ səˈvænə /

noun

1. a port in the US, in E Georgia, near the mouth of the Savannah River: port of departure of the Savannah for Liverpool (1819), the first steamship to cross the Atlantic. Pop: 127 573 (2003 est)
2. a river in the southeastern US, formed by the confluence of the Tugaloo and Seneca Rivers in NW South Carolina: flows southeast to the Atlantic. Length: 505 km (314 miles)

Example Sentences

It’s also a shock for Savannah, to whom Eliot leaves half the company.

From Washington Post

Initiatives like the “Cultivation Corridor” in Des Moines and financial incentive programs from Tulsa and Topeka to Tucson and Savannah are creating new competition for talent.

From Ozy

Warnock is one of 12 children, who grew up in a Savannah housing project.

From Time

The day before, Vice President Pence will rally with the senators in Savannah.

From Washington Post

Shan, now 48, spent a decade working nearly 80-hour weeks in a Savannah sandwich shop.

From Time

Check out a clip from this exclusive interview with SCAD President and Founder Paula Wallace at the 2014 Savannah Film Festival.

From The Daily Beast

“He was talking about getting rid of Savannah two weeks off her maternity leave,” says the NBC News type.

From The Daily Beast

In Savannah, Georgia, a yard bull busted him “for being a suspicious character with no visible means of support.”

From The Daily Beast

A few years after his first guitar-shop venture, he migrated to just outside Savannah, and launched Randy Wood Guitars.

From The Daily Beast

They discovered that Chibok had grown by some rock outcroppings at the edge of a broad savannah.

From The Daily Beast

Poor Jake grew thin during the few days they spent in Savannah, and he knew he was nearing the end.

From Project Gutenberg

He took an active part in the settlement of Georgia, and founded the town of Savannah.

From Project Gutenberg

It was necessary to send to Savannah, the port for which Commander Bulloch intended to strike, a set of signals in advance.

From Project Gutenberg

Savannah, Georgia, evacuated by the British, and taken possession of by general Wayne.

From Project Gutenberg

The whole of it may be said to lie within the savannah or park-like division of the continent.

From Project Gutenberg