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Nepean

American  
[nuh-pee-uhn] / nəˈpi ən /

noun

  1. a former city in SE Ontario, Canada, now part of Ottawa.


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The water levels in the Hawkesbury and Nepean rivers are expected to rise in the coming days.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2024

Theresa Fedeli, mayor of the Camden municipality on the Nepean River southwest of Sydney, said the repeated flooding was taking a toll on members of her community.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 3, 2022

Three men were hospitalized after the blast Thursday in the Canadian capital’s Nepean area, and authorities were searching for five other people, Ottawa police said.

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2022

Three men were taken to the hospital after the blast Thursday afternoon in the Canadian capital’s Nepean area, and authorities were searching for five others who were unaccounted for, Ottawa police said.

From Reuters • Jan. 14, 2022

A fog of mystery hung and deepened about them and the Lady Nepean, and I crept about the deck in a continuous evil dream, entangling myself in impossible theories.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis