Suwannee

American  

[suh-won-ee, -waw-nee, swon-ee, swaw-nee] / səˈwɒn i, -ˈwɔ ni, ˈswɒn i, ˈswɔ ni /

Also Swanee

noun

1. a river in SE Georgia and N Florida, flowing SW to the Gulf of Mexico. 240 miles (386 km) long.

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Suwannee British  

/ sʊˈwɒnɪ /

noun

1. a river in the southeastern US, rising in SE Georgia and flowing across Florida to the Gulf of Mexico at Suwannee Sound. Length: about 400 km (250 miles)

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Example Sentences

This song, also known as “The Old Folks at Home,” became the most-performed song of 19th-century minstrel shows, and was adopted as the state song of Florida, through which the Suwannee River flows, in 1935.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Fox News reached out the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office and the Tampa Police Department for more information but did not immediately hear back.

From Fox News • Jan. 17, 2022

The service proposed threatened status in April for the related Suwannee alligator snapping turtle, found in the Suwannee River basin in Georgia and Florida.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2021

One of them is an outbreak at a meatpacking facility in Suwannee County in northern Florida, she said.

From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2020

On the night when I set my record, Tangerine High was playing Suwannee High during a violent thunderstorm.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor