Choctawhatchee

American  

[chok-tuh-hach-ee] / ˌtʃɒk təˈhætʃ i /

noun

1. a river in SE Alabama and NW Florida, flowing S to Choctawhatchee Bay on the Gulf of Mexico. 174 miles (280 km) long.

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Example Sentences

Only one of Okaloosa County’s 10 oldest homes is located south of Choctawhatchee Bay.

From Washington Times • Mar. 12, 2017

Floor-to-ceiling windows looked out onto a swimming pool and beyond it, the choppy, blue-gray water of Choctawhatchee Bay.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2016

Choctawhatchee senior fullback Spencer Effatt wears the equipment whenever he plays.

From Washington Times • Oct. 7, 2014

I recently spent the better part of a day on the new 2000-V rigged with a four-stroke Yamaha F115 outboard in Choctawhatchee Bay behind Destin, Florida.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had started, with the raft in tow, from his mill at the head of Choctawhatchee Bay, bound for the great lumber port of Pensacola, but being several times becalmed, was now out of provisions.

From Four Months in a Sneak-Box by Bishop, Nathaniel H. (Nathaniel Holmes)