Definition of Kaw River

1. Noun. A river in northeastern Kansas; flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River.

Exact synonyms: Kansas, Kansas River
Group relationships: Kansas, Ks, Sunflower State
Generic synonyms: River

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kaw River

Katyusha
Katyushas
Katz
Kauai
Kauai Island
Kaufman
Kaunas
Kaunda
Kaurna
Kausalya
Kavadarci
Kavala
Kavaratti
Kavrin
Kaw
Kaw River (current term)
Kawasaki
Kawasaki's syndrome
Kawasaki disease
Kawi
Kaws
Kawésqar
Kay
Kay Boyle
Kayasthi
Kayathi
Kaycee
Kaycie
Kayden
Kaye

Literary usage of Kaw River

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1908)
"An examination of the analyses of the Kaw river water made previously by various chemists reveals the fact that the chlorin content is very variable. ..."

2. Industrial Arts Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"II plan Eng Moving a three-span truss bridge over the Kaw river at Kansas City. ... II plans Eng N 70:54-61 Jl 10 '13 Moving the Union pacific Kaw river ..."

3. Notes of a Military Reconnoissance from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to by William Hemsley Emory (1848)
"Missouri river and Kaw river, villosus. With the preceding. ... Several species occur from Kaw river to Bent's Fort. Gaura coccinea. August 13. ..."

4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1908)
"The Kansas, or Kaw, river and the Missouri river north of Kansas City, and the Kaw river, especially at Kansas City, were undoubtedly in a more or less ..."

5. Kansas; a Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions by Frank Wilson Blackmar (1912)
"After I came the keel boat was used altogether on the Kaw river. ... Going up the Kaw river we pulled all the way; about 15 miles a day. ..."

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