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Wateree

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[waw-tuh-ree, wot-uh-] / ˌwɔ təˈri, ˌwɒt ə- /

noun

  1. a river in South Carolina, the lower portion of the Catawba River, joining with the Congaree River to form the Santee River.


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Duke Energy issued a statement on reports of gunfire near the Wateree Hydro Station in Ridgeway, and Kershaw County sheriff's deputies and federal agents are investigating, reported WLTX-TV.

From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2022

Krista Lee Philemon, 22, reportedly leaped from a pontoon boat carrying several others at Lake Wateree Sunday and never resurfaced.

From Fox News ● Jul. 25, 2019

Greene posted himself near Camden ferry on the Wateree, to intercept these reinforcements.

From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Washington Irving

The "Wateree" was thrown upon the shore; its position was such that the expense of launching would have been greater than the worth of the vessel, and it was consequently sold.

From The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 by W. C. Jackson

The Wateree, living just below the Catawba, were very probably of the same linguistic connection.

From Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 1-142 by John Wesley Powell

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