Monongahela

[ muh-nong-guh-hee-luh, ‐-hey-luh ]

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noun

a river flowing from northern West Virginia through southwestern Pennsylvania into the Ohio River. 128 miles (205 km) long.

Monongahela

/ ��əˌ��ɒŋɡəˈ��ː��ə /

noun

a river in the northeastern US, flowing generally north to the Allegheny River at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, forming the Ohio River. Length: 206 km (128 miles)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Monongahela¹

First recorded in 1750–60; from Unami (an Eastern Algonquian language): “falling banks” (referring to the instability of the banks of the river)

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A continuous high-pitched din — a bit whirring, a bit crunching — echoed over the Bottom, the residential sliver of Braddock, Pa., nearest to the industrial plants and the Monongahela River.

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The tree, a 40-foot Norway spruce from West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest, had been planted just two weeks ago on the White House Ellipse, an area known as President’s Park.

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This year’s tree came from from the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia.

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On the day the Capitol Christmas Tree was harvested, locals gathered to watch two sawyers cut the trunk with a vintage Forest Service cross-cut saw—an ode to the historic timber industry within the Monongahela.

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Snow fell on the crew members Wednesday in Monongahela National Forest as they harvested the tree selected for this year’s holiday season.

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