riviere
Example Sentences
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The French of Louisiana merely translated this term to la riviere au Blanc.
From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Froissart says that any one engaged in this sport "alloit en riviere."
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by D. Laing Purves
Oui, dey t'o't I was a devil, because I come down riviere from de Bad-Lands, but Kovik, he talk to dem an' I stay.
From The Whelps of the Wolf by George P. Marsh
Oui, I fin' de riviere for sure, Jules; but de Windigo he scared of me.
From The Whelps of the Wolf by George P. Marsh
They are not allowed to take any water out of the riviere d'Ouche, which runs through this place, on account of the mills on that river.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
