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Definition of Apalachicola

1. Noun. A river in northwestern Florida formed by the confluence of the Chattahoochee River and the Flint River at the Florida border.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Apalachicola

Literary usage of Apalachicola

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1911)
"Only one other river, the Alabama, carries water from the Piedmont region to the Gulf of Mexico, and the apalachicola differs from that in several ways. ..."

2. Second Report on the Water Powers of Georgia by Benjamin Mortimer Hall, Maxcy Reddick Hall (1908)
"apalachicola RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN. DESCRIPTION OP BASIN. The rivers flowing into the eastern portion of the Gulf of Mexico are for the most part similar in ..."

3. Report by Florida Office of Secretary of State (1909)
"CH Lind, apalachicola; commissioned June 26, 1905, until the end of the Senate of ... (Deceased, and Frank Comforter, of apalachicola, commissioned July 3, ..."

4. The History of the United States of America by Richard Hildreth (1880)
"Loud complaints had been made by the Georgians of the asylum to runaway slaves afforded by the Floridian fort on the apalachicola, built by the British ..."

5. Companion to the Botanical Magazine by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1835)
"Since writing the foregoing I have engaged a passage in a vessel about to sail for apalachicola, in Florida, in two days from this time. ..."

6. Letters and Other Writings of James Madison by James Madison (1865)
"... therefore be gainers by breaking np the establishment on the apalachicola. This is another consideration which may prevent complaints from that quarter. ..."

7. The Annals of America: From the Discovery by Columbus in the Year 1492, to by Abiel Holmes (1829)
"... Savannah, and apalachicola, to From the Newfoundland fishery thare were exported to Spain, Portugal, and Italy, 106952 quintals of fish.3 Two French ..."

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