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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river, about 700 km (430 mi) long, flowing from north-central to southern Wisconsin then west to the Mississippi River. The Wisconsin Dells, a portion of the river located south of Wausau before it turns west, is a popular resort area known for its sandstone rock formations.
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- noun a tributary of the Mississippi River in Wisconsin
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Examples
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DIEHL: And the water came through their yards and then took a path to the Wisconsin River, which is way up in the upper right hand -- that's the Wisconsin River.
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The best way to appreciate it is to take a boat tour on the Wisconsin River, admiring the sandstone bluffs covered in pine and birch trees, seemingly chiseled out of nothing by some majestic hand.
Have you ever heard of the Wisconsin Dells? Rene Meertens 2010
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The Dells, located along the Wisconsin River in the middle of the state, have beautiful and quite unique rock formations in its winding bends, and its name also comes from a French word, “Les Dalles”, which this time Americans transformed into something easier to pronounce.
Have you ever heard of the Wisconsin Dells? Rene Meertens 2010
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The City is situated in a beautiful valley among gently rolling hills near the Wisconsin River.
Amongst the horses. Ann Althouse 2009
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The paper mill steams on the west bank of the Wisconsin River.
Mary Kinnunen: A Contrast Of Small-Town Mayors: Sarah & Mary 2008
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The paper mill steams on the west bank of the Wisconsin River.
Mary Kinnunen: A Contrast Of Small-Town Mayors: Sarah & Mary 2008
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For the past 13 years, they had made this weekend retreat by the side of the Wisconsin River into a pioneering experiment in ecological restoration, one of the first in the United States.
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We then disembark to take a little river tour on the Wisconsin River.
Some Beautiful Scenery up in Wisconsin The_Lex 2008
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He had become the owner of a worn-out, 80-acre farm north of Madison along the Wisconsin River.
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The paper mill steams on the west bank of the Wisconsin River.
Mary Kinnunen: A Contrast Of Small-Town Mayors: Sarah & Mary 2008
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