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Genesee

[ jen-uh-see ]

/ ˌdʒɛn əˈsi /

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noun

a river flowing N from N Pennsylvania through W New York into Lake Ontario. 144 miles (230 km) long.

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Words nearby Genesee

generic, genericization, generosity, generous, generous to a fault, Genesee, genesic, genesis, gene splicing, genet, gene therapy

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How to use Genesee in a sentence

When I was 23, I spent a summer working as a counselor at an overnight camp for eight-to-12-year-olds near the central mountain town of Genesee, Colorado.
These Bears Have a Job, and It's Destroying Coolers|Emma Walker|October 9, 2020|Outside Online
British cannonaded and bombarded the town of Charlotte at the mouth of Genesee river.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Treaty of Buffalo creek, when the Senecas sold their land west of Genesee river to the state.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The Genesee, which is much more flashy, has a maximum daily discharge about 400 times the minimum daily flow.
Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress|Various

Rochester, being the business centre of the fertile Genesee Valley, shows a steady growth in business and wealth.
Ocean to Ocean on Horseback|Willard Glazier
He conquered armies, and he conquered nations, but he couldn't jump the Genesee Falls.
Ocean to Ocean on Horseback|Willard Glazier