Definition of Elizabeth river

1. Noun. A short river in southeastern Virginia flowing between Norfolk and Portsmouth into Hampton Roads.

Group relationships: Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, Va, Virginia
Generic synonyms: River

Lexicographical Neighbors of Elizabeth River

Elista
Elite Eight
Elixophyllin
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson Gaskell
Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman
Elizabeth Gaskell
Elizabeth Haldane
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth Merriwether Gilmer
Elizabeth Palmer Peabody
Elizabeth Peabody
Elizabeth River
Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane
Elizabeth Seaman
Elizabeth Seton
Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabethan
Elizabethan English
Elizabethan age
Elizabethan sonnet
Elizabethan sonnets
Elizabethian
Elk
Elkanah
Elkasaite
Elkasaites

Literary usage of Elizabeth river

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

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... of elizabeth river, opposite Norfolk. It is t lie eastern terminus of the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad (part of a great passenger rout« between Boston ..."

2. History of the Life and Times of James Madison by William Cabell Rives (1859)
"... to complete the System of Interior Communications for the State — Improvement of James River— Communication between elizabeth river and Albemarle Sound ..."

3. Final Report by New Jersey Geological Survey (1894)
"In 1890 the average consumption of water was reported to be 2500000 gallons daily, and this was drawn entirely from elizabeth river. ..."

4. Travels Through the United States of North America: The Country of the by Henry Neuman (1800)
"We approached within fight of it in order to gain Elizabeth-River, ... Norfolk is built on Elizabeth-River, at nine miles from the fpot where it ..."

5. Colonial Churches in the Original Colony of Virginia (1908)
"This was the site of one of the earliest of our Colonial churches, the parish church of elizabeth river parish. The beginnings of the nation correspond with ..."

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