Chattahoochee
pronunciation
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- Noun:
- a river rising in northern Georgia and flowing southwest and south to join the Flint River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River
Word Origin
- Chattahoochee
- river between Georgia and Alabama, from Muskogee cato-hocce hvcce "marked-rock river," from cvto "rock," hocce "marked" + hvcce "stream."
Example
- 1. Instead , metropolitan atlanta sits high up in the acf basin , about 80 miles from the headwaters of the chattahoochee .
- 2. Florida wants to ensure an adequate flow to the apalachicola river , formed by the confluence of the flint and chattahoochee .
- 3. A six flags of georgia roller coaster lies beneath flood waters from the chattahoochee river in atlanta , georgia .
- 4. Initially , that last phrase referred to regulating the flow of the chattahoochee towards atlanta to provide the city with a reliable water supply .
- 5. Columbus : a city of western georgia on the chattahoochee river south-southwest of atlanta . Settled in 1828 on the site of a creek village , it is a port of entry and major industrial center .