Susquehanna

[ suhs-kwuh-han-uh ]

/ ˌsʌs kwəˈhæn ə /

noun

a river flowing S from central New York through E Pennsylvania and NE Maryland into Chesapeake Bay. 444 miles (715 km) long.

Example sentences from the Web for susquehanna

Four years earlier, high-school distance running phenomenon Mary Wazeter jumped off a railway bridge over the Susquehanna River.

Are Female Long-Distance Runners More Prone To Suicidal Depression? |Emily de la Bruyere |February 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The Susquehanna was booming and kept on rising rapidly, but the people of Williamsport did not seem to be particularly alarmed.

History of the Johnstown Flood |Willis Fletcher Johnson
The destruction was extended for several miles on both sides of the Susquehanna.

The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 |Edgerton Ryerson
After 1750 in the mountains and valleys beyond the Susquehanna the earlier frontier conditions were lived over again.

Slavery in Pennsylvania |Edward Raymond Turner

Virginia alone could have raised and thrown across the Potomac 25,000 men, and driven the Yankees beyond the Susquehanna.

A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital |John Beauchamp Jones
It is built on a delightful ground along the Susquehanna and the number of houses, particularly of good ones, has much increased.

Historic Highways of America (Vol. 12) |Archer Butler Hulbert

British Dictionary definitions for susquehanna

Susquehanna

/ (ˌsʌskwɪˈhænə) /

noun

a river in the eastern US, rising in Otsego Lake and flowing generally south to Chesapeake Bay at Havre de Grace: the longest river in the eastern US. Length: 714 km (444 miles)

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