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Monongahela.

An Iroquoian Native American culture from AD 1050 to 1635 in present-day western Pennsylvania, western Maryland, eastern Ohio, and West Virginia, whose sites have been mostly found in the Monongahela River valley.

11 characters5 syllables approx.English language

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noun/məˌnɒŋɡəˈhiːlə//-ˈheɪ-/
  1. An Iroquoian Native American culture from AD 1050 to 1635 in present-day western Pennsylvania, western Maryland, eastern Ohio, and West Virginia, whose sites have been mostly found in the Monongahela River valley.

    historical · plural · plural-only
Where this word comes from

From Unami mënaonkihëla (“where the banks cave in”).

name/məˌnɒŋɡəˈhiːlə//-ˈheɪ-/
  1. A river on the Allegheny Plateau in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, United States, a tributary of the Ohio River.

  2. A city in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Where this word comes from

From Unami mënaonkihëla (“where the banks cave in”).

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