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Chowan

Chowan proper noun: a blackwater river formed with the merging of Virginia's Blackwater and Nottoway rivers near the state line between Virginia and North Carolina, United States.

Proper noun

Chowan

  1. A blackwater river formed with the merging of Virginia's Blackwater and Nottoway rivers near the state line between Virginia and North Carolina, United States.

Words formed from Chowan

Questions about Chowan

What does Chowan mean?
Chowan means a blackwater river formed with the merging of Virginia's Blackwater and Nottoway rivers near the state line between Virginia and North Carolina, United States.
What part of speech is Chowan?
Chowan is a proper noun.

Words near Chowan in the dictionary

  1. chow tah
  2. chow tar
  3. chow time
  4. chow-chow
  5. chow-chows
  6. Chowan
  7. Chowan County
  8. Chowan Creek
  9. Chowaniec
  10. Chowaniecs
  11. chowchilla

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