Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peace river

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.72 in modern English

Syllables: peace riv-er
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A river flowing NE in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada into the Slave River.

name

A river in south-west Florida, United States, that flows into Charlotte Harbor.

name

A town in northwest Alberta, Canada.

name

A regional district in north-east British Columbia; in full, Peace River Regional District.

Etymology

A reference to the truce by the Cree and the Dane-zaa (Beaver) peoples that made the river (then named Unchagah) the boundary between the conflicting First Nations. The town is originally named Peace River Crossing, after the river.

Inflected Forms

the Peace River (canonical)

Synonyms

Unchagah Peace River Crossing

Questions

What does peace river mean?: A river flowing NE in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada into the Slave River.
Where does peace river come from?: A reference to the truce by the Cree and the Dane-zaa (Beaver) peoples that made the river (then named Unchagah) the boundary between the conflicting First Nations. The town is originally named Peace River Crossing, after the river.

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