Salt River
English
editEtymology
editIn US poltics, after the Salt River in Kentucky. Various explanations exist.
Pronunciation
editAudio (General Australian): (file)
Proper noun
edit- (archaic US slang) Used in reference to losing an election; found especially in the phrase "rowed up Salt River".
- A number of rivers and settlements in various countries:
- A river in the Wheatbelt region, Western Australia.
- A river in Alberta and Northwest Territories, Canada, which joins the Slave River.
- A settlement at the mouth of this river in Northwest Territories.
- A community and river in Jamaica.
- A river in Western Cape province and Eastern Cape province, South Africa, which flows into the Indian Ocean at Port Elizabeth.
- A river in Western Cape province, South Africa, which flows into Table Bay at Cape Town.
- A suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, near Table Bay.
- In the United States:
- A river in Arizona, a tributary of the Gila River.
- A river in California, which joins the Eel River estuary, at its outlet to the Pacific Ocean.
- A river in Kentucky, a tributary of the Ohio River.
- An unincorporated community in Bullitt County, Kentucky.
- A river in Macomb County, Michigan.
- A river in Midland County and Isabella County, Michigan.
- A river in Missouri, a tributary of the Mississippi.
- An unincorporated community in Ralls County, Missouri, named after the nearby river.
- Two townships in Missouri, in Adair County and Audrain County.
- A river in Wyoming, a tributary of the Snake River.
- A river in the United States Virgin Islands.
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