Susquehanna en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌsʌskwəˈhænə/
Etymology
From Lenape Sisa'we'hak'hanna (literally “Oyster River”). Oyster beds were widespread in the bay near the mouth of the river.
Meanings
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A major river in the northeastern United States, flowing from the state of New York, through Pennsylvania and Maryland to Chesapeake Bay.
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.
1883, Anne Gilchrist, Mary Lamb:
- Synonym of Susquehanna Depot, Pennsylvania.
- Five townships in the United States, four in Pennsylvania and one in South Dakota, listed under Susquehanna Township.
Deriveds
Susquehanna Depot · Susquehanna County