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Spokane

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Spo·kane  (sp-kn)
A city of eastern Washington near the Idaho border on the falls of the Spokane River, about 193 km (120 mi) long. Settled on the site of a trading fort established in 1810, Spokane is a trade and processing center in an agricultural, lumbering, and mining region. Population: 198,000.
Spokane [spəʊˈkæn]
n
(Placename) a city in E Washington: commercial centre of an agricultural region. Pop.: 195 629 (2000)
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Noun1.Spokane - a city in eastern Washington near the Idaho border
Evergreen State, WA, Washington - a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific


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Not long after their return, however, further accounts were received, by two wandering Indians, which established the fact that the Northwest Company had actually erected a trading house on the Spokane River, which falls into the north branch of the Columbia.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
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