whitewater

Meanings

nounwhitewater (uncountable)

proper noun

A number of places in the United States.
1. A census-designated place in Riverside County, California.
2. An unincorporated community in Mesa County, Colorado.
3. A town in Franklin Township, Wayne County, Indiana.
4. A city in Butler County, Kansas.
5. A village in Hubble Township, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
6. A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Phillips County, Montana.
7. A city in Walworth County and Jefferson County, Wisconsin.
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  Like others, Byron, who didn’t want his last name used in the story out of concerns for his safety, is seeking asylum in America. A letter from city officials estimates between 800 and 1,000 migrants — many of them from Nicaraugau^([sic – meaning Nicaragua]) and Venezuela — have arrived in Whitewater since early 2022.
  2024 January 25, Evan Casey, “Whitewater adjusts to changing population amid increase of immigrants”, in Wisconsin Public Radio, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2024
8. A town in Walworth County, Wisconsin.
9. A number of townships in the United States, including in Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri (2), and Ohio, listed under Whitewater Township.
A tributary in Hampshire, England, which joins the River Blackwater on the border with Berkshire; in full, the River Whitewater.
A U.S. political scandal in the 1990s.

nounfrothy water as in rapids or waterfalls

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