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Blackstone River

Blackstone River proper noun: a river in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

Proper noun

Blackstone River

  1. A river in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

Origin of Blackstone River

Named after William Blackstone (original spelling William Blaxton) who arrived in Weymouth, Massachusetts, in 1623, and became the first European settler of present-day Boston in 1625. He relocated again, to Rhode Island in 1635 and built his home on the river, in what would become Cumberland.

Questions about Blackstone River

What does Blackstone River mean?
Blackstone River means a river in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
What part of speech is Blackstone River?
Blackstone River is a proper noun.

Words near Blackstone River in the dictionary

  1. Blackstock
  2. Blackstocks
  3. Blackston
  4. Blackstone
  5. Blackstone Heights
  6. Blackstone River
  7. Blackstone's ratio
  8. Blackstonian
  9. Blackstons
  10. blackstrap
  11. blackstraps

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