English Explanatory Dictionary

Cache la Poudre

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A river in Colorado, United States.

Pronunciation

kăsh′ lə pōō′-dûr [ˌkæʃ lə ˈpudɜɹ] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mathmitch7-Cache la Poudre.wav

Word forms

Cache la Poudre

Etymology

A corruption of the French cache à la poudre ("powder cache"), referring to an incident in the 1820s when French trappers, caught by a snowstorm, were forced to bury part of their gunpowder along the banks of the river.

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