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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

On the Hiwassee River in Calhoun, Tenn. last week, the South passed an important milestone in its fast industrial growth.

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

Interstate 75, a four-lane divided highway that crosses the Hiwassee River 35 miles north of Chattanooga, is notoriously prone to sudden fog.

From Time Magazine Archive

William Sharpe as far as the Hiwassee river, where they met with a portion of Gen. Williamson's army from South Carolina.

From Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical by Hunter, C. L.

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