Kennebec

[ ken-uh-bek, ken-uh-bek ]

noun
  1. a river flowing S through W Maine to the Atlantic. 164 miles (264 km) long.

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How to use Kennebec in a sentence

  • "Some little place near the mouth of the Kennebec River," Prescott answered.

  • We could trace the Kennebec river in its windings to the sea and fancied we could see in the dim distance the blue Atlantic.

    Fifty Years In The Northwest | William Henry Carman Folsom
  • The writer tells us that many years ago, on the banks of the Kennebec River, he saw an Indian coming across in his canoe.

    Lessons on Manners | Edith E. Wiggin
  • They were to make their way up the Kennebec River and through the dense Maine woods.

    George Washington | Calista McCabe Courtenay
  • The first of these was built at the mouth of the Kennebec River in Maine.