Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river of east-central New York flowing about 230 km (140 mi) south and southeast to the Hudson River. Long an important route to the West, it is now used mainly by pleasure craft.
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- proper noun A 140-mile (230 km) long
river inNew York State , flowing from central New York to theHudson River .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a river of central New York that flows southeastward to the Hudson River
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Examples
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Washington learned that Stanwix had been promoted to brigadier and ordered to take post between the Mohawk River and Lake Ontario, where he built a work later called Fort Stanwix.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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Washington learned that Stanwix had been promoted to brigadier and ordered to take post between the Mohawk River and Lake Ontario, where he built a work later called Fort Stanwix.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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The forecast for flooding on the Mohawk River in New York also eased at Schenectady, N.Y., where officials had worried that high water might threaten the city's drinking water and sewage treatment plant.
Vermont Towns Battle Historic Floods From Irene As Death Toll Tops 40 2011
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Small functioning farms still sit in the rich Schoharie floodplain, and when you drive on the western arm of the Thruway, you see the Mohawk River and the Erie Canal on one side, and beautiful, huge, old farmhouses of red brick near the road on the other side, land truncated from the glory days of wealthy famers.
Barbara Gunn: Upstate New York and Irene Barbara Gunn 2011
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Washington learned that Stanwix had been promoted to brigadier and ordered to take post between the Mohawk River and Lake Ontario, where he built a work later called Fort Stanwix.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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Ice jams were also a worry on upstate New York's Mohawk River.
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In Green Island, N.Y., wedged between the floodwaters of the Hudson River and a swollen tributary of the Mohawk River, members of the community rallied to fight back the rising waters.
Irene's Floods Prove Deadly as Water Continues to Rise Jerry A. DiColo 2011
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Mr. Cuomo flew over the Schoharie Creek and Mohawk River regions on Monday, while Mr. Christie drove through flooded Manville, N.J., in the middle of the state.
States to Seek FEMA Help Lisa Fleisher 2011
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Ice jams were also a worry on upstate New York's Mohawk River.
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Small functioning farms still sit in the rich Schoharie floodplain, and when you drive on the western arm of the Thruway, you see the Mohawk River and the Erie Canal on one side, and beautiful, huge, old farmhouses of red brick near the road on the other side, land truncated from the glory days of wealthy famers.
Barbara Gunn: Upstate New York and Irene Barbara Gunn 2011
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