rivière
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Origin of rivière
1875–80; < French: literally, river 1
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The Marquesa de Vivanco had a rivière of brilliants of extraordinary size and beauty, and perfectly well set.
From Life in Mexico by Calderón de la Barca, Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis)
Farms for sale on the banks of the Ohio, la belle rivière; the finest district of the United States!
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 by Various
Nowadays they have restored the carcanet and kept the rivière as well, both terms being in common use.
From Stories about Famous Precious Stones by Orpen, Mrs Goddard
The rivière was without its pretty rustic bridge; the picturesque pavilions were filled with soldiers; some were sitting on the porches mending their clothes.
From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)
Here a nine miles' carry was made to one of the sources of the Wabash, called by the voyageurs "la petite rivière."
From The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 by Roosevelt, Theodore
The French are better off than we; they have the word "fleuve" for the St. Lawrence;—other streams are "rivières."
From A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 by Wrong, George McKinnon
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