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awash river

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A⋅wash

  [ah-wahsh]
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–noun
a river in E Ethiopia, flowing NE through the Great Rift Valley to near the Djibouti border. 500 mi. (805 km) long.
Also, Hawash.
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A·wash River   (ä'wäsh')   
A river of eastern Ethiopia flowing about 805 km (500 mi) northeast to the Danakil Desert.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

awash 
1833, from a- (1) "on" + wash (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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