Monongahela
/məˌnɒŋɡəˈhiːlə/
Monongahela noun: an Iroquoian Native American culture from AD 1050 to 1635 in present-day western Pennsylvania, western Maryland, eastern Ohio, and West Virginia, whose sites have been mostly found in the Monongahela River valley.
Noun
Monongahela pl (plural only)
- An Iroquoian Native American culture from AD 1050 to 1635 in present-day western Pennsylvania, western Maryland, eastern Ohio, and West Virginia, whose sites have been mostly found in the Monongahela River valley.
Proper noun
Monongahela
- A river on the Allegheny Plateau in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, United States, a tributary of the Ohio River.
- A city in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- Just a couple of weeks later, on Sept. 23, Greene sat directly behind McCarthy in a manufacturing facility in Monongahela, Pa., as he publicly previewed what a House Republican majority’s legislative agenda would look like.2022 October 17, Robert Draper, “The Problem of Marjorie Taylor Greene”, in The New York Times Magazine
- Synonyms:
- Mon City
Synonyms of Monongahela
- Mon City
Origin of Monongahela
From Unami mënaonkihëla (“where the banks cave in”).
Questions about Monongahela
- What does Monongahela mean?
- Monongahela means an Iroquoian Native American culture from AD 1050 to 1635 in present-day western Pennsylvania, western Maryland, eastern Ohio, and West Virginia, whose sites have been mostly found in the Monongahela River valley.
- What part of speech is Monongahela?
- Monongahela can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Monongahela?
- Monongahela is pronounced /məˌnɒŋɡəˈhiːlə/.
Words near Monongahela in the dictionary
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