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Fall River

American  

noun

  1. a seaport in SE Massachusetts, on an arm of Narragansett Bay.


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The 1,530-acre property on Fall River has multiple structures, including a custom Airstream fishing camp.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

To the extent it’s known at all, Fall River is generally known for two things.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025

They say local tribes and numerous Californians depend on the area’s aquifers — which flow into the Fall River and beyond — for clean drinking water and renowned fisheries.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2024

Owner of the Erie Railway Company, Fall River steamship line, and other companies, he made “corporate looting and corruption” a “fine art.”

From Slate • Dec. 28, 2023

At Bristol the railway will set you down opposite to Fall River, or by returning to Bristol ferry you may take, on the Rhode Island side, the rail for Dighton and its sculptured rock.

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams