Definitions
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- noun a river in the northeastern United States that rises in New York and flows southward through Pennsylvania and Maryland into Chesapeake Bay
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Examples
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But I've heard the Susquehanna is always a good choice.
Trip Report: Smallmouth on Pennsylvania's Upper Susquehanna River 2009
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But I've heard the Susquehanna is always a good choice.
Trip Report: Smallmouth on Pennsylvania's Upper Susquehanna River 2009
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They crossed the Alleghanies, and discovered a great river, which they called Susquehanna, and then they moved on until they came to the
Stories of New Jersey Frank Richard Stockton 1868
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The Susquehanna is a cold river and it is possible that Barnes' body had been in the river since shortly after her disappearance and was only recently stirred up by warmer weather and storms, Sheridan said.
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The name Susquehanna was a special joy to him, and he took pleasure in rolling it on his tongue, adding to its music with the rich tones of his voice, as he repeated it: "Susquehanna!
The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez 1895
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The western boundary of that treaty in the West Branch Valley of the Susquehanna has been a source of some confusion because of the employment of the name "Tiadaghton" in the treaty to designate that boundary.
The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography George D. Wolf
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The bridge over the Susquehanna is the longest in the
Narrative of Richard Lee Mason in the Pioneer West, 1819 Richard Lee Mason
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Our companion ships are out of sight astern, except the Susquehanna, which is behind us only about a mile.
Letters and Journals 02] Morse, Samuel F B 1914
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But as to the latter the doctors disagree, some claiming that Susquehanna, which is not an Iroquois but an Algonquin word, means "muddy stream"; others, following Dr. Beauchamp, that it is a corruption of a word meaning "river with long reaches."
The Story of Cooperstown Ralph Birdsall 1894
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And when I had asked the name of a river from the brakesman, and heard that it was called the Susquehanna, the beauty of the name seemed to be part and parcel of the beauty of the land.
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