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Salt River

Salt River proper noun: used in reference to losing an election; found especially in the phrase "rowed up Salt River".

Proper noun

Salt River

  1. (US, archaic, slang) Used in reference to losing an election; found especially in the phrase "rowed up Salt River".
  2. A river in the Wheatbelt region, Western Australia.
  3. A river in Alberta and the Northwest Territories which joins the Slave River.
  4. A settlement at the mouth of this river in Northwest Territories.
  5. A community and river in Jamaica.
  6. A river in Western Cape province and Eastern Cape province, South Africa, which flows into the Indian Ocean at Port Elizabeth.
  7. A river in the Western Cape province, South Africa, which flows into Table Bay at Cape Town.
  8. A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, near Table Bay.
  9. A river in Arizona, a tributary of the Gila River.
  10. A river in California, which joins the Eel River estuary, at its outlet to the Pacific Ocean.
  11. A river in Kentucky, a tributary of the Ohio River.
  12. An unincorporated community in Bullitt County, Kentucky.
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  1. A river in Macomb County, Michigan.
  2. A river in Midland County and Isabella County, Michigan.
  3. A river in Missouri, a tributary of the Mississippi.
  4. An unincorporated community in Ralls County, Missouri, named after the nearby river.
  5. Two townships in Missouri, in Adair County and Audrain County.
  6. A river in Wyoming, a tributary of the Snake River.
  7. A river in the United States Virgin Islands.

Salt River meaning in Tamil

Origin of Salt River

In US politics, after the Salt River in Kentucky. Various explanations exist.

Questions about Salt River

What does Salt River mean?
Salt River means used in reference to losing an election; found especially in the phrase "rowed up Salt River".
What is Salt River in Tamil?
Salt River in Tamil is கழி. See Salt River meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Salt River?
Salt River is a proper noun.

Words near Salt River in the dictionary

  1. salt pigs
  2. salt pork
  3. salt porks
  4. salt rheum
  5. salt rheums
  6. Salt River
  7. Salt River Valley
  8. Salt Sea
  9. salt sedative
  10. salt shaker
  11. salt shakers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Salt River (page history and authors); salt river (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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