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Foster's river of song
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swanee
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
in Stephen Foster's "Old Folks at Home," river in Georgia and Florida, usually Suwanee , sometimes said to be a corruption of Spanish San Juan [Room]; Bright says the river name is from the Cherokee village of Sawani , for which no etymology is offered.
Usage examples of swanee.
Swanee almost swallowed his whole like a man who was accustomed to big backwoods meals.
In the great tradition of student despair the fate of mankind was left undecided at the end, which Schnak marked by three descending glissandi on the Swanee whistle.