Atchafalaya

[uh-chaf-uh-lahy-uh]

noun

a river in S central Louisiana, flowing S to an inlet (Atchafalaya Bay) on the Gulf of Mexico; a heavily engineered distributary of the Mississippi. 225 miles (362 km).

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The name of this bayou is Atchafalaya, or as it is commonly called, Chaffalio.
A New Guide for Emigrants to the West
J. M. Peck
All day long we have voyaged along the Atchafalaya with a wind from—where?
The houseboat book
William F. Waugh
They proceeded up the Atchafalaya, and on the 14th found the enemy.
Campfire and Battlefield
Rossiter Johnson
How would you like to rule the house of the richest planter on Atchafalaya—eh?
The Octoroon
Dion Boucicault
Bay on Salle is a small stream flowing into the bay of Atchafalaya.
Twelve Years a Slave
Solomon Northup