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Sangamon

[ sang-guh-muhn ]

noun

, Geology.
  1. the third interglacial stage of the Pleistocene Epoch in North America, after the Illinoian glacial stage and before the Wisconsin.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Sangamon1

First recorded in 1930–35; after Sangamon County, Ill.
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Example Sentences

The County of Sangamon, where he lived, was entitled to four representatives.

He's gin out to be one of the piertest young fellows short o' Sangamon.

Very soon after Lincoln had distributed his handbills, enthusiasm on the subject of the opening of the Sangamon rose to a fever.

At that moment the whole population of Sangamon was in a state of wild expectation.

Sangamon County could appreciate such a performance; and the crowd that day at Pappsville never forgot Lincoln.

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