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Atchafalaya

US/əˌt͡ʃæfəˈlaɪə/

Atchafalaya proper noun: a river in Louisiana, major distributary of the Mississippi River.

Proper noun

Atchafalaya

  1. A river in Louisiana, major distributary of the Mississippi River.
    • “If you came by the Atchafalaya,
      How have you nowhere encountered my Gabriel's boat on the bayous?”1847 November 1, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie, Boston, Mass.: William D. Ticknor & Company, →OCLC, (please specify either |part=I or II)

Origin of Atchafalaya

From Choctaw hvcha falaya (“long river”).

Questions about Atchafalaya

What does Atchafalaya mean?
Atchafalaya means a river in Louisiana, major distributary of the Mississippi River.
What part of speech is Atchafalaya?
Atchafalaya is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Atchafalaya?
Atchafalaya is pronounced /əˌt͡ʃæfəˈlaɪə/ (US).

Words near Atchafalaya in the dictionary

  1. atbash
  2. ATBs
  3. ATC
  4. atcha
  5. atchabannies
  6. Atchafalaya
  7. Atcham
  8. atchar
  9. atchara
  10. atchars
  11. atchee

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