Susquehanna

(sus′kwi hanə)

river flowing from central N.Y. through Pa. & Md. into Chesapeake Bay: 444 mi (715 km)

Origin: < earlier Sasquesahanough, name of an Iroquoian tribe in an unidentified Eastern Algonquian language < name of the river: meaning of name unknown

See Susquehanna in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. Susquehanna or Sus·que·han·nas
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