Richelieu

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proper noun

A river, the Richelieu River, in Quebec, Canada, which flows from Lake Champlain to the St. Lawrence River, and named after Cardinal Richelieu.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A river, the Richelieu River, in Quebec, Canada, which flows from Lake Champlain to the St. Lawrence River, and named after Cardinal Richelieu.
  2. A tributary of the Montmorency River in Quebec, itself a tributary of the St. Lawrence River.

    To date, the Richelieu is the only tributary of the St. Lawrence that has been invaded and colonized by zebra mussels.

    2004, Yves de Lafontaine, Marcel Comiré, “Zebra Mussel Monitoring in the Richelieu River: A Fruitful Interaction between Scientific Research and Public Involvement”, in Thomas O. Manley, Patricia L. Manley, Timothy B. Mihuc, editors, Lake Champlain: Partnerships and Research in the New Millennium, New York, N.Y.: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, →ISBN, page 75
  3. A city on the Richelieu River in Rouville Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
  4. A commune in Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
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APA

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

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Chicago

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