Monongahela
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Monongahela
- /məˌnɒŋɡəˈhiːlə/
- /-ˈheɪ-/
Where it comes from
From Unami mënaonkihëla (“where the banks cave in”).
noun
- 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.
proper noun
- A river on the Allegheny Plateau in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, United States, a tributary of the Ohio River.
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A city in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Just a couple of weeks later, on Sept. 23, Greene sat directly behind McCarthy in a manufacturing facility in Monongahela, Pa., as he publicly previewed what a House Republican majority’s legislative agenda would look like.
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Talk about this word "Monongahela." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/monongahela. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Monongahela. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/monongahela "Monongahela." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/monongahela.Cite this
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title = {Monongahela},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/monongahela},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
