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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Below this bayou, another of large dimensions breaks forth on the same side, and finally falls into the Atchafalaya.
A New Guide for Emigrants to the West | J. M. Peck
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
During the Civil War, we are told, the Atchafalaya could be bridged by three carts, so that soldiers could cross.
The houseboat book | William F. Waugh
An Ohio party paid $100 an acre for 100 acres here in this Atchafalaya country the other day.
The houseboat book | William F. Waugh
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

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