Yamaska
a river in the province of Quebec, Canada, rising in Brome Lake, Brome county, flowing in a W. direction to West Farnham, Missisquoi co., thence N. emptying into Lake St. Peter, an expansion of the St. Lawrence river.
The river flows 100 miles through a very fertile region and passes the towns of Granley, Cavansville, Waterloo, St. Hyacinthe, and Farnham. YANÁON (Yanám), a small tract in India, belonging to France, and under the governor of Pondicherry, forming a district surrounded by British territory (province of Madras) with about 9 square miles of area. It lies near the mouth of the Godavari, between the main stream and its branching mouth, the Coringa. Pop. about 6,000.
American statesman; born in Ogeechee