Okeechobee

[ oh-ki-choh-bee ]

/ ˌoʊ kɪˈtʃoʊ bi /

Lake. a lake in S Florida, in the N part of the Everglades. 35 miles (56 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.

Also called Okeechobee.

Example sentences from the Web for okeechobee

What wonder if like the pine-wood sparrow and the wind of Okeechobee the voice of the woodland always questioned?

Diane of the Green Van |Leona Dalrymple
My father brought them from a heronry not many miles from the great Okeechobee Lake.

Harper's Young People, May 25, 1880 |Various
It can be summoned any time also from the everglades of Florida, from the morasses of the Okeechobee.

How Spring Came in New England |Charles Dudley Warner
The last combats were at Okeechobee and Caloosahatchee, above two years ago.

Thirty Years' View (Vol. II of 2) |Thomas Hart Benton

The Okeechobee trip was made at an expense of twelve dollars for three of us.

St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11 |Various

Okeechobee

/ (ˌəʊkɪˈtʃəʊbɪ) /

Lake Okeechobee a lake in S Florida, in the Everglades: second largest freshwater lake wholly within the US Area: 1813 sq km (700 sq miles)