Levee

:This article is about the type of dam. See also Levee (event)

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A levee, levée (from the feminine past participle of the French verb lever, "to raise"), floodbank or stopbank is a natural or artificial embankment or dike, usually earthen, which parallels the course of a river. The word levee seems to have come into English through its use in colonial Louisiana.

Related Topics:
French - Verb - Embankment - Dike - Earth - Parallel - River - English - Colonial - Louisiana

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