Grand River

Meanings

1. Former name of Churchill River; Former name of Hamilton River; A river in Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
2. A small town in Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
3. A river in Ontario, Canada, that flows into Lake Erie.
4. A river in the United States:
5. Former name of Colorado River, Colorado, renamed in 1921.
6. A river in Michigan, that flows into Lake Michigan.
7. A river in Ohio, that flows into Lake Erie.
8. Synonym of Neosho River in Oklahoma.
9. A river in Iowa and Missouri, a tributary of the Missouri River.
10. A river in South Dakota, a tributary of the Missouri River.
11. A number of places in the United States:
12. A township in Adair County, Iowa.

Etymology

(Churchill River): grand+river. Calque of Montagnais Mishta-shipu Literally, “Great River”. From mishta+shipu.