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Hiwassee

American  
[hahy-wos-ee] / haɪˈwɒs i /

noun

  1. a river in NE Georgia, SW North Carolina, and SE Tennessee, flowing N to the Tennessee River. 150 miles (241 km) long.


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Hiwassee College closed in the spring in rural, mostly white Madisonville, Tennessee.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2019

Fish and Wildlife Service, which helped transplant much of the snail darter population to the nearby Hiwassee River, says that while their future is not yet assured, the fish are doing well so far.

From Time Magazine Archive

After getting the approval of the Veterans Administration, Hiwassee organized some elementary courses, and Cash put an announcement in the Madisonville Democrat.

From Time Magazine Archive

Among them were inquiries about the dam that spans the nearby Hiwassee River, which runs into the Tennessee River between two nuclear plants.

From Time Magazine Archive

The version I have given is from the relation of an old Indian preacher by the name of Hiwassee.

From Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 by Jones, James Athearn