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• n  a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)
• n  a pier that provides a landing place on a river
• n  an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing

• At daybreak next morning the Melville levee along the Atchafalaya gave way.
• A levee runs along what remains of Main Street, but it's weak.
• There are some I heard on TV saying that levee was purposely busted so that the water would come in on that side.

News & Articles

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• Levee district moving ahead with Morganza work
  The Terrebonne Levee District is gearing up for its busiest year of levee-building yet as its board plans to move ahead with millions of dollars in construction paid for with a new 1/2-cent sales tax.
  June 18, 2013 - Erie Times-News
• Levee district moving ahead with Morganza work - KALB-TV News Channel 5 & CBS 2
  HOUMA, La. (AP) - The Terrebonne Levee District is gearing up for its busiest year of levee-building yet as its board plans to move ahead with millions of dollars in construction paid for with a new 1/2-cent sales tax.
  June 18, 2013 - KALB Alexandria
• Levee District to move ahead with $109 million in Morganza work
  The Terrebonne Levee District is gearing up for its busiest year of levee-building yet as its board plans to move ahead with millions of dollars in construction paid for with a new 1/2-cent sales tax.
  June 17, 2013 - The Houma Courier