rivière
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of rivière
1875–80; < French: literally, river 1
Example Sentences
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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
La Morave est une grosse rivière qui vient de Bosnie.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Hakluyt, Richard
And there was such a rivière and pendant!
From Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) by Cholmondeley, Mary
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
I’m awfully sorry now that I didn’t,” she glanced down at the rivière on her palm; “but there, it’s done, and can’t be undone—nature of the beast, I s’pose.”
From The Late Tenant by Tracy, Louis
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