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Bill Williams River

Bill Williams River proper noun: a tributary of the Colorado River in Arizona, United States.

Proper noun

Bill Williams River

  1. A tributary of the Colorado River in Arizona, United States.
    • Four hundred miles above its mouth and more than two hundred miles above the Gila, the Colorado has a second tributary—“Bill Williams’ River” it is called by excessive courtesy. It is but a muddy creek.1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961...

Origin of Bill Williams River

Named for mountain man Old Bill Williams.

Questions about Bill Williams River

What does Bill Williams River mean?
Bill Williams River means a tributary of the Colorado River in Arizona, United States.
What part of speech is Bill Williams River?
Bill Williams River is a proper noun.

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