Potomac
Americannoun
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a river flowing SE from the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia, along the boundary between Maryland and Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay. 287 miles (460 km) long.
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a city in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
noun
Example Sentences
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They needed a map to find their way to the Naval Proving Ground, a military research center on the banks of the Potomac River in Dahlgren, Va.
People like Vicki Judson, who has been swimming in the Potomac River for 25 years, want to know when the river will be safe.
One month ago a pipe carrying sewage from the US capital and parts of the neighboring states of Maryland and Virginia burst, sending hundreds of millions of liters of waste into the Potomac River.
From Barron's
Through the cockpit, the city glowed on the horizon, a strip of twinkling lights severing the night sky from the dark Potomac river.
The land sits on low ground and would need fill for any redesign, to get it above the Potomac River flood plain.
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