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French Broad

American  

noun

  1. a river in W North Carolina and E Tennessee, flowing N and NW to join the Holston River at Knoxville to form the Tennessee River. 210 miles (338 km) long.


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In the aftermath, buildings, railroad cars, and trees lining the French Broad River in the town’s center were completely turned upside down.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2025

The French Broad River Academy Girls School, which opened in the River Arts District in 2015, moved closer to the boys school in November, in Woodfin, on the banks of the French Broad River.

From Washington Times • Mar. 16, 2020

The Asheville Citizen-Times reports Charlie Chang said his feet were on the backpack he plucked from the French Broad River and placed in his kayak Saturday.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2018

When we flew over Asheville, set squarely in the middle of the French Broad River Valley, I could see just a few tall buildings, most dating to the 1920s, sprout from the compact downtown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2015

People stopped at Crumb's perforce; for, save at Warm Springs, there were no inns in the French Broad Valley.

From Horace Chase by Woolson, Constance Fenimore