Raritan

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(răr'ĭ-tən) pronunciation

A river, about 129 km (80 mi) long, formed by the confluence of two tributaries in north-central New Jersey and flowing eastward to Raritan Bay, the western arm of Lower New York Bay, at Perth Amboy.


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ˈræritn an Algonquian-speaking Indian tribe located in the mid-seventeenth century in the lower Hudson River Valley and in the vicinity of Manhattan, Staten Island, and Long Island. Friction with the Dutch settlers in the area led to a series of bloody skirmishes between the Raritans and the Dutch between 1640 and 1664.

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Raritan, river, 85 mi (137 km) long, rising in N central N.J., and flowing generally SE to Raritan Bay, an arm of Lower New York Bay, at Perth Amboy. Through pumping the Raritan supplies water to the Spruce Run and Round Valley reservoirs. The Delaware and Raritan Canal once connected the Raritan and Delaware rivers.


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Delaware and Raritan Canal (body of water, New Jersey – in history)
Sayreville (city, New Jersey)
Highland Park (city, New Jersey)
New Brunswick (city of central New Jersey on the Raritan River)