Nottaway

American  

[not-uh-wey] / ˈnɒt əˌweɪ /

noun

1. a river in SW Quebec, Canada, flowing NW to James Bay. 140 miles (225 km) long.

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Example Sentences

And then, alone in the coach, pulled by a team of four coal-black stallions, Lord Primus left the village of Nottaway, in significantly worse temper than he had arrived there.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

It was enough to pay a villager of Nottaway to travel with her—to ensure no wolves made off with the horse or his brother's remains—and to pay off the coachman when finally he awoke.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

I'd been in an Indian camp a week before, on the Nottaway River, where they had had smallpox, but I've been vaccinated four or five times, and never dreamed of danger.

From Northern Diamonds by Pollock, Frank Lillie

Being baffled, Nat Turner with a party of twenty men determined to cross the Nottaway river at the Cypress Bridge and attack Jerusalem where he expected to procure additional arms and ammunition from the rear.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 by Various

Not that it would do much good, for none of you know enough to be dangerous, but we don't want a dozen parties going up the Nottaway River next spring.

From Northern Diamonds by Pollock, Frank Lillie