Atchafalaya

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US/əˌt͡ʃæfəˈlaɪə/

proper noun

A river in Louisiana, major distributary of the Mississippi River.

OriginChoctaw hvcha falaya →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A river in Louisiana, major distributary of the Mississippi River.

    “If you came by the Atchafalaya, How have you nowhere encountered my Gabriel's boat on the bayous?”

    1847 November 1, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie, Boston, Mass.: William D. Ticknor & Company, →OCLC, (please specify either |part=I or II)

Origin

  1. Choctawhvcha falaya“long river”
  2. EnglishAtchafalaya

From Choctaw hvcha falaya (“long river”).

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APA

Atchafalaya. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atchafalaya

MLA

“Atchafalaya.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atchafalaya. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Atchafalaya,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atchafalaya.

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