Lackawanna

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • the Lackawanna River in Pennsylvania, USA, a tributary of the Susquehanna River.
  • city Erie County (county) New York (state) USA (country), named after the Lackawanna Steel Company.
  • a short name for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, which was merged into the Erie Lackawanna Railroad in 1960.

Origin

  • From Lechauwa-hannek : "the river that forks".

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