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Beaver Kill

Beaver Kill proper noun: a tributary of the East Branch Delaware River, a main tributary of the Delaware River, approximately 44 miles (71 km) long, in the U.S. state of New York.

Proper noun

Beaver Kill

  1. A tributary of the East Branch Delaware River, a main tributary of the Delaware River, approximately 44 miles (71 km) long, in the U.S. state of New York.

Forms of Beaver Kill

alternative formBeaverkill

Origin of Beaver Kill

From beaver + kill (“creek”), possibly originally a calque from Dutch.

Questions about Beaver Kill

What does Beaver Kill mean?
Beaver Kill means a tributary of the East Branch Delaware River, a main tributary of the Delaware River, approximately 44 miles (71 km) long, in the U.S. state of New York.
What part of speech is Beaver Kill?
Beaver Kill is a proper noun.

Words near Beaver Kill in the dictionary

  1. beaver deceivers
  2. beaver eater
  3. beaver eaters
  4. Beaver Falls
  5. beaver fever
  6. Beaver Kill
  7. beaver lamb
  8. beaver moon
  9. beaver moons
  10. Beaver State
  11. beaver tail

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