Monongahela

[ muh-nong-guh-hee-luh, ‐-hey-luh ]

noun

1. a river flowing from northern West Virginia through southwestern Pennsylvania into the Ohio River. 128 miles (205 km) long.

Monongahela

/ məˌnɒŋɡəˈhiːlə /

noun

1. a river in the northeastern US, flowing generally north to the Allegheny River at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, forming the Ohio River. Length: 206 km (128 miles)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Monongahela¹

First recorded in 1750–60; from Unami (an Eastern Algonquian language): “falling banks” (referring to the instability of the banks of the river)

Example Sentences

A continuous high-pitched din — a bit whirring, a bit crunching — echoed over the Bottom, the residential sliver of Braddock, Pa., nearest to the industrial plants and the Monongahela River.

From New York Times

The tree, a 40-foot Norway spruce from West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest, had been planted just two weeks ago on the White House Ellipse, an area known as President’s Park.

From Seattle Times

Shawn Cochran, Forest Supervisor for Monongahela National Forest, said “it honors their language, their cultural heritage and their traditions. It reminds us in the forests, the National Forest System of our trusted authorities and responsibilities to be good stewards of the Shawnee and ancestral homelands.”

From Washington Times

This year’s tree came from from the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia.

From Washington Times

On the day the Capitol Christmas Tree was harvested, locals gathered to watch two sawyers cut the trunk with a vintage Forest Service cross-cut saw—an ode to the historic timber industry within the Monongahela.

From National Geographic