Atchafalaya

[ uh-chaf-uh-lahy-uh ]

/ əˌtʃæf əˈlaɪ ə /

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 wind was as often contrary as favorable, and we labored up the Atchafalaya till we got to Red River.
The houseboat book|William F. Waugh
One can expect, therefore, an increase in the influence of the hartwegi-spinifer population in the Atchafalaya River drainage.
North American Recent Soft-shelled Turtles (Family Trionychidae)|Robert G. Webb
When daylight came we were passing the mouth of the Atchafalaya and were again on the banks of the Red River.
Diary of an Enlisted Man|Lawrence Van Alstyne
The "Atchafalaya" is the first, and enters the Gulf of Mexico at the bay of the same name.
Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field|Thomas W. Knox

His two next letters were written from Brashear City on the Atchafalaya river, but contained no explanation of his presence there.
Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty|J. W. de Forest

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