a river in the southeastern US, rising in SE Georgia and flowing across Florida to the Gulf of Mexico at Suwannee Sound. Length: about 400 km (250 miles)
Suwannee in American English
(səˈwɑni; ˈswɑni)
river flowing from the Okefenokee Swamp across N Fla. into the Gulf of Mexico: c. 250 mi (402 km)
Word origin
< Creek < Sp San Juan, name of a Sp mission on the river