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[ hoo-suh-ton-ik ] / ˌhu səˈtɒn ɪk /
nouna river flowing S from NW Massachusetts through SW Connecticut to Long Island Sound near Stratford, Connecticut. 148 miles (240 km) long. Words nearby Housatonichour hand, houri, hourlong, hourly, hours, Housatonic, house, house agent, house arrest, houseboat, housebound Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for HousatonicHe declined both, to become in 1750 pastor of the church in Stockbridge and a missionary to the Housatonic Indians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1|Various At eleven he began a novel, the scene of which was laid in the Housatonic Valley, because that name sounded grand and romantic. Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860|Henrietta Christian Wright Between 1720 and the middle of the century, settlement crept up the Housatonic and its lateral valley into the Berkshires. The Frontier in American History|Frederick Jackson Turner Principal river valleys: Thames, Connecticut and Housatonic. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World|John B. Alden
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