Lackawanna

[ lak-uh-won-uh ]

/ ˌlæk əˈwɒn ə /

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noun

a city in W New York, on Lake Erie, near Buffalo.

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How to use Lackawanna in a sentence

Lackawanna Cell September 2002 Six Yemeni-Americans are accused of conspiring to help al Qaeda and plead guilty.
Forty-Five Foiled Terror Plots Since 9/11|John Avlon|September 9, 2011|DAILY BEAST
A large body of the savages had assembled at the mouth of the Lackawanna at the head of the valley.
Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution|L. Carroll Judson
The railroad that he dominated so forcefully for many years—Lackawanna—would have taken no step of that sort.
The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad|Edward Hungerford
He was slipped out under the railroad bridge and toward Lackawanna avenue, followed by the crowd.
Report of the Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July, 1877|Various

He ordered another—an oil sketch of the Lackawanna freight depot—to take back with him.
The Four Million|O. Henry
The distance from where I met these policemen to Lackawanna avenue, is just a hundred feet, the depth of those lots.
Report of the Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July, 1877|Various