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ALLEGHENY RIVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Allegheny River mean?
• ALLEGHENY RIVER (noun)
The noun ALLEGHENY RIVER has 1 sense:
1. a river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning of the Ohio River
Familiarity information: ALLEGHENY RIVER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning of the Ohio River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Allegheny; Allegheny River
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Allegheny River" is a part of...):
Empire State; N.Y.; New York; New York State; NY; Keystone State; PA; Pa.; Pennsylvania (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)
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