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Lackawanna.

the Lackawanna River in Pennsylvania, USA, a tributary of the Susquehanna River.

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name/ˌlækəˈwɑnə/General-American
  1. the Lackawanna River in Pennsylvania, USA, a tributary of the Susquehanna River.

  2. A city in Erie County, New York, United States, named after the Lackawanna Steel Company.

  3. a short name for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, which was merged into the Erie Lackawanna Railroad in 1960.

Where this word comes from

From Lenape Lechauwa-hannek : "the river that forks".

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