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Genesee

American  
[jen-uh-see] / ˌdʒɛn əˈsi /

noun

  1. a river flowing N from N Pennsylvania through W New York into Lake Ontario. 144 miles (230 km) long.


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This triangle-shaped area was bordered by water—the Erie Canal, the Genesee River and the Genesee Valley Canal.

From Literature

The company has begun testing one of its trains in Georgia through a partnership with Genesee & Wyoming Railroad.

From Los Angeles Times

Soulja Boy — real name DeAndre Cortez Way — was arrested Sunday around 2:50 a.m. near the intersection of Genesee Avenue and Melrose Avenue after police conducted a traffic stop.

From Los Angeles Times

His most famous early stunt was to cross the Genesee River in New York on a tight rope 1,800 feet long, at a height of two hundred feet above the water, subsequently re-crossing it while pushing a man in a wheelbarrow in front of him.

From Salon

Rep. Derek Kilmer and King County Executive Dow Constantine, among others, before heading to her first stop at a West Seattle home on Genesee Hill.

From Seattle Times