Susquehanna

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Etymology

From Lenape Sisa'we'hak'hanna (literally Oyster River). Oyster beds were widespread in the bay near the mouth of the river.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌsʌskwəˈhænə/
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Proper noun

Susquehanna

  1. A major river in the northeastern United States, flowing from the state of New York, through Pennsylvania and Maryland to Chesapeake Bay.
    • 1883, Anne Gilchrist, Mary Lamb:
      Coleridge, too, had left Cambridge and was at Bristol, drawn thither by his newly formed friendship with Southey, lecturing, writing, dreaming of his ideal Pantisocracy on the banks of the Susquehannah and love-making.
  2. Synonym of Susquehanna Depot, Pennsylvania.
  3. Five townships in the United States, four in Pennsylvania and one in South Dakota, listed under Susquehanna Township.

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