(Encyclopedia) SuwanneeSuwanneeswôˈnē, swäˈ– [key], river, c.240 mi (390 km) long, rising in the Okefenokee Swamp, SE Ga., and winding generally S through N Fla. to the Gulf of Mexico; it is dredged…
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seat of Nelson co., central Ky., SE of Louisville, in a rich farm area;
settled 1775, inc. 1788. The…
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