Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers in western Pennsylvania and flowing about 1,580 km (980 mi) to the Mississippi River at Cairo in southern Illinois. The British and French contested control of the river until 1763. The region was ceded to the United States at the end of the Revolutionary War (1783).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a river that is formed in western Pennsylvania and flows westward to become a tributary of the Mississippi River
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Examples
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British Government the building of a line of frontier forts to guard the Ohio River from the French.
Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 John Hay 1870
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In the same year and month an man who lived 100 miles east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River was a citizen of one of the states in the territory or if not in one of the states at least in the territory either way he was subject to the laws of the Continental Congress.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Congressional brief in McDonald v. Chicago 2009
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Portsmouth is on the Ohio River, that is just east of Cincinnati, Ohio.
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LAMB: Which river town along the Ohio River was your favorite?
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Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River was the property of
Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. John Sherman
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The opening of the Rail Road from Lexington to the Ohio River will be the commencement of a new era in the history of Kentucky.
A Pioneer Railway of the West Maude Ward Lafferty 1915
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He drew a species of ellipsoid of which the Ohio River was the axis, sketching his line to include the Missouri of Mark Twain, the Illinois of Lincoln, the Indiana of Eggleston and Riley, and the
A Hoosier Chronicle Meredith Nicholson 1906
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The Ohio River is the theme of this spirited story.
The Rover Boys In The Mountains Or, A Hunt for Fun and Fortune Edward Stratemeyer 1896
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The Ohio River is the theme of this spirited story.
The Rover Boys in the Air From College Campus to the Clouds Edward Stratemeyer 1896
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The Ohio River was a great barrier to fugitive slaves.
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