Apalachicola
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- proper noun
- /ˌæpəˌlætʃɪˈkoʊlə/
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Apalachicola
- Based in the "dead and dilapidated, but still charming" town of Apalachicola, the prim Gray endured rough accommodations.
- Apalachicola River
- Apalachicola Bay
- Apalachicola oysters
Examples
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Most harvested oysters currently are landed at East Point, 12 km east of Apalachicola.
Academic text (1996) -
As we often observed during our studies of mosquitoes in Florida's Apalachicola National Forest, the female is very choosy about where she lays her eggs.
Academic text (1992) -
In the front yard stood two cypress trees she said were as old as Apalachicola itself.
Fiction book (2001) -
Simulated impacts of future water use on flows in the lower Apalachicola River.
Academic text (2004) -
Hand tongs have been used exclusively in Bedeque Bay, James River seed beds, and Apalachicola Bay ever since.
Academic text (1996) -
What remains is protected on publicly owned lands of the Florida Panhandle: Eglin Air Force Base, Apalachicola.
Academic text (2008) -
Apalachicola shucking plants often process oysters from Louisiana whenever the bay is closed due to pollution.
Academic text (1996) -
Gov. Rick Scott is asking the federal government to declare the Apalachicola oyster harvesting area a fishery resource disaster area.
Blog text (22) -
His destination was the Florida panhandle and a unique refugium of botanical rarities known as the Apalachicola Bluffs.
Academic text (1990) -
The Apalachicola River flows south from the Georgia border into the Gulf of Mexico.
Synonyms
A river in northwest Florida formed where the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers meet
Compounds
A river in northwest Florida formed where the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers meet
- Specialized
A small scented shrub with pink flowers that grows only near the Apalachicola River and is in danger
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Apalachicola comes from a Native American name for the local people and place, and early settlers used that name for the town and then for the river. So the river's name remembers the people who lived along its banks, which makes it easy to connect the name to the place today.