Susquehanna

[suhs-kwuh-han-uh]

noun

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

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Contemporary Examples of 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

Historical Examples of susquehanna

All was silent, excepting the low murmuring of the Susquehanna rolling by.
The Forest King
Hervey Keyes
Wyoming contained eight townships, each containing a square of five miles, beautifully situated on both sides of the Susquehanna.
Reminiscences of the Military Life and Sufferings of Col. Timothy Bigelow, Commander of the Fifteenth Regiment of the Massachusetts Line in the Continental Army, during the War of the Revolution
Charles Hersey
You have noticed how the road gradually rises from Susquehanna Avenue.
Hester's Counterpart
Jean K. Baird
She also recollects that it was on the Susquehanna River that they lived.
The Myths of the North American Indians
Lewis Spence
I will endeavor to show that that will be on the Susquehanna.
Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. I (of 16)
Thomas Hart Benton

British Dictionary definitions for susquehanna

Susquehanna

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)

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