Susquehanna

[ suhs-kwuh-han-uh ]

/ ˌsʌs kwəˈhæn ə /

noun

a river flowing S from central New York through E Pennsylvania and NE Maryland into Chesapeake Bay. 444 miles (715 km) long.

QUIZZES

FOR POSTERITY’S SAKE, TAKE THIS WORD OF THE DAY QUIZ!

Are words your bailiwick? Take the latest quiz on the words from July 6 to July 12 to find out.

Question 1 of 7

bailiwick

a creature, variously described as a serpent, lizard, or dragon, said to kill by its breath or look.

place or source of origin.

a person's area of skill, knowledge, authority, or work.

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for susquehanna

Four years earlier, high-school distance running phenomenon Mary Wazeter jumped off a railway bridge over the Susquehanna River.
Are Female Long-Distance Runners More Prone To Suicidal Depression?|Emily de la Bruyere|February 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Susquehanna was booming and kept on rising rapidly, but the people of Williamsport did not seem to be particularly alarmed.
History of the Johnstown Flood|Willis Fletcher Johnson
The destruction was extended for several miles on both sides of the Susquehanna.
The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2|Edgerton Ryerson
After 1750 in the mountains and valleys beyond the Susquehanna the earlier frontier conditions were lived over again.
Slavery in Pennsylvania|Edward Raymond Turner

Virginia alone could have raised and thrown across the Potomac 25,000 men, and driven the Yankees beyond the Susquehanna.
A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital|John Beauchamp Jones
It is built on a delightful ground along the Susquehanna and the number of houses, particularly of good ones, has much increased.
Historic Highways of America (Vol. 12)|Archer Butler Hulbert

British Dictionary definitions for susquehanna

Susquehanna

/ (ˌsʌskwɪˈhænə) /

noun

a river in the eastern US, rising in Otsego Lake and flowing generally south to Chesapeake Bay at Havre de Grace: the longest river in the eastern US. Length: 714 km (444 miles)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

MEANINGS

WORD GAMES

LEARN

WRITING

WORD OF THE DAY

Susquehanna

noun

QUIZZES

FOR POSTERITY’S SAKE, TAKE THIS WORD OF THE DAY QUIZ!

Example sentences from the Web for susquehanna

British Dictionary definitions for susquehanna

noun