The village name is originally Micmac and means "crooked river," referring to the many intricacies of the Memramcook River.

The killer's hand had a thin scar that blazed a crooked river across his knuckles- a scar exactly like the one on Ascott's hand.

The county is named after the Iroquoian word Cuyahoga, which means 'crooked river'.

This is reputedly the most crooked river in America, an infinity of bends.

Cuyahoga means "crooked river" in Mohawk, which is part of the Iroquoian language family.

The name Nambucca comes from an Aboriginal word, ngambugka, variously translated as "winding or crooked river", and as "entrance to the waters."

Below, the crooked river of wheat, dusted white, casts lean shadows in the wedge of floodlight.

Native Americans called this winding water "Cuyahoga," which means 'crooked river' in an Iroquoian language.

And the base map shows a crooked river draining off the northern slope of the crater.