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blackstone river

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English

Syllables
black-stone riv-er
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A river in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

Etymology

Named after William Blackstone (original spelling William Blaxton) who arrived in Weymouth, Massachusetts, in 1623, and became the first European settler of present-day Boston in 1625. He relocated again, to Rhode Island in 1635 and built his home on the river, in what would become Cumberland.

Questions

What does blackstone river mean?
A river in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Where does blackstone river come from?
Named after William Blackstone (original spelling William Blaxton) who arrived in Weymouth, Massachusetts, in 1623, and became the first European settler of present-day Boston in 1625. He relocated again, to Rhode Island in 1635 and built his home on the river, in what would become Cumberland.

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