river.

"For us, this river is life," says a Cocopah chief, "because the life, the soul is what we call the river."

CNN Transcript - Special Event: Millennium 2000: A Drop to Drink, Gorbachev and Peres on the World's Water Problem - January 3, 2000 2000

Wonder what they'd say if they knew your dad owned most all of that property along this crazy old creek they call a river.

Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat St. George Rathborne

Finally, there is a curious difference between English and American usage in the use of the word river.

Chapter 10. Proper Names in America. 3. Geographical Names Henry Louis 1921

The name of our village is Khanjan\u0101, and Anjan\u0101 they call our river.

The Gardener Rabindranath Tagore 1901

The name of our village is Khanjan\u0101, and Anjan\u0101 they call our river.

The Gardener Rabindranath Tagore 1901

The name of our village is Khanjan\u0101, and Anjan\u0101 they call our river.

The Gardener Rabindranath Tagore 1901

My Atlas uses 'Amazon' and 'Nile' without the word river.

Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

My Atlas uses 'Amazon' and 'Nile' without the word river.

Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

I was just telling your husband about the way the Chinese make things go up the San Joaquin river.

CHAPTER XI 2010

A multitude gathers along the ghats, the stone steps by the Ganges, or Gonga, as Indians call the river.

Along The Ganges, Old India Meets New 2010