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MONONGAHELA RIVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Monongahela River mean?
• MONONGAHELA RIVER (noun)
The noun MONONGAHELA RIVER has 1 sense:
1. a river that rises in northern West Virginia and flows north into Pennsylvania where it joins the Allegheny River at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River
Familiarity information: MONONGAHELA RIVER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A river that rises in northern West Virginia and flows north into Pennsylvania where it joins the Allegheny River at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Monongahela; Monongahela River
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Monongahela River" is a part of...):
Keystone State; PA; Pa.; Pennsylvania (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)
Mountain State; W.V.; West Virginia; WV (a state in east central United States)
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