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Salt River

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Meaning

  1. A settlement at the mouth of this river in Northwest Territories.
  2. A river in the Wheatbelt region, Western Australia.
  3. Used in reference to losing an election; found especially in the phrase "rowed up Salt River".
  4. A river in Western Cape province and Eastern Cape province, South Africa, which flows into the Indian Ocean at Port Elizabeth.
  5. A river in the Western Cape province, South Africa, which flows into Table Bay at Cape Town.
  6. A community and river in Jamaica.
  7. A river in Alberta and the Northwest Territories which joins the Slave River.
  8. A number of rivers and settlements in various countries:

Etymology / origin

In US politics, after the Salt River in Kentucky. Various explanations exist.

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