First Known Use: 1807
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coulee
noun cou·lee \ˈkü-lē\
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: a thick sheet or stream of lava
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Origin of COULEE
Canadian French coulée, from French, flowing, flow of lava, from couler to flow, from Old French, from Latin colare to strain, from colum sieve
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