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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A river of northern Arkansas and southern Missouri flowing about 1,160 km (720 mi) generally southeast to the Mississippi River.
  • A river, about 260 km (160 mi) long, of northwest Colorado and eastern Utah flowing westward to the Green River.
  • A river, about 510 km (320 mi) long, of southern Indiana flowing southwest to the Wabash River.
  • A river of northwest Nebraska and southern South Dakota flowing about 520 km (325 mi) northeast and east to the Missouri River.

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  • noun a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri

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  • In other words, this hypothesis identifies the Niger with the great western branch of the Nile, called the White River, which

    The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 2008

  • And now the river, the White River, that is what we're looking at here, it's crested now for Muncie, it is sitting down toward the Noblesville area.

    CNN Transcript Mar 25, 2007 2007

  • Although bialy means “white” in Slavic languages, the cakelike bread does not get its name from its dusting of white flour; rather, the Polish mountainside, or stok, is on what we would call the White River, which gives its name to the city.

    The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

  • Although bialy means “white” in Slavic languages, the cakelike bread does not get its name from its dusting of white flour; rather, the Polish mountainside, or stok, is on what we would call the White River, which gives its name to the city.

    The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

  • LENNON: Well, what I can confirm is that last night at 8: 15 local time, agents from the Bureau of Indian Affairs Special Investigation Unit and members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Forest Service Law Enforcement arrested an individual from White River, which is located on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation.

    CNN Transcript Jun 30, 2002 2002

  • Beyond the chain, on the western bank of the Toumat, the country is level to Denka and the banks of the White River, which is stated to be eleven days 'journey due west from Fazoglo.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 Various

  • In its course it receives several brooks or rivulets, of little consequence, unless we except that called the White River, and which discharges itself into the curve or elbow of that we are speaking of, and below its fall.

    History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing -1775 Le Page du Pratz

  • I heard of some timber for sale at a place called White River, about nine miles from the city, and I bought nine acres of timber close to the river, and there was a canal near by.

    The History of William Webb, Composed by Himself 1873

  • They also declared that some of their number had gone down a river called White River, or River of the West, where they found a plant that shed drops like blood, and saw serpents of prodigious size.

    A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II Francis Parkman 1858

  • We soon passed White River, which is inferior both in magnitude and beauty to the Chayenne, if we may judge from its mouth, where it is not more than three hundred yards wide.

    Travels in the Interior of America, in the Years 1809, 1810, and 1811 1819

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