Kootenay

or Koo·te·nai, Ku·te·nay, Ku·te·nai

[ koot-n-ey, -n-ee ]

/ ˈkut nˌeɪ, -nˌi /

noun

a river flowing from SW Canada through NW Montana and N Idaho, swinging back into Canada to the Columbia River. 400 miles (645 km) long.

Example sentences from the Web for kootenay

Those were the bonanza days of the upper Columbia and Kootenay—such days as they have never seen since nor will ever see again.

Down the Columbia |Lewis R. Freeman
Kootenay Jim has got an arm in a sling because he can't understand.

Bulldog Carney |W. A. Fraser
Your last letter to me was written on a quiet morning in August—in the summer house at Kootenay.

Carry On |Coningsby Dawson
The biggest rainbow trout caught in the Kootenay this summer; so the Nelson fishermen aver!

Days in the Open |Lathan A. Crandall

Some employ reduplication with great frequency, like certain Shoshonian dialects; others, like Kootenay, but rarely.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for kootenay

Kootenay

Kootenai

/ (ˈkuːtəniː, ˈkuːtneɪ) /

noun

a river in W North America, rising in SE British Columbia and flowing south into NW Montana, then north into Idaho before re-entering British Columbia, broadening into Kootenay Lake, then flowing to the Columbia River. Length: 655 km (407 miles)

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Kootenay

or Koo·te·nai, Ku·te·nay, Ku·te·nai

noun

Example sentences from the Web for kootenay

British Dictionary definitions for kootenay

Kootenai

noun