Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Cosumnes River (often pronounced /kəˈsʌmniːz/) is a river in northern California in the United States. It rises on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada and flows approximately 52.5 miles (84.5 km) into the Central Valley, emptying into the Mokelumne River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Many locals pronounce the river \"kunsumniss,\" inserting an \"n\" where there is none in the first syllable. Given the etymological similarity between \"Cosumnes,\" on the one hand, and \"Tuolumne\" and \"Mokelumne\" on the other (see next paragraph), a case can be made that the most accurate historical pronunciation is \"kasumme,\" since the \"n\" is essentially silent in the pronunciation of both \"Tuolumne\" and Mokelumne,\" and there is no \"s\" or \"z\" sound at the end of those names."@en }
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- Cosumnes_River abstract "The Cosumnes River (often pronounced /kəˈsʌmniːz/) is a river in northern California in the United States. It rises on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada and flows approximately 52.5 miles (84.5 km) into the Central Valley, emptying into the Mokelumne River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Many locals pronounce the river \"kunsumniss,\" inserting an \"n\" where there is none in the first syllable. Given the etymological similarity between \"Cosumnes,\" on the one hand, and \"Tuolumne\" and \"Mokelumne\" on the other (see next paragraph), a case can be made that the most accurate historical pronunciation is \"kasumme,\" since the \"n\" is essentially silent in the pronunciation of both \"Tuolumne\" and Mokelumne,\" and there is no \"s\" or \"z\" sound at the end of those names.".