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Chincoteague

American  
[shing-kuh-teeg, ching-] / ˌʃɪŋ kəˈtig, ˌtʃɪŋ- /

noun

  1. a town on a small island in a lagoon Chincoteague Bay in E Virginia: annual wild pony roundup.


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A tropical-storm warning was in effect from Beaufort Inlet, N.C., up the coast to Chincoteague, Va., near the Maryland border, meaning tropical-storm conditions are expected in that area within 24 hours.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 20, 2025

A storm surge warning, indicating danger from rising ocean water pushed inland by Ophelia, was in effect from Bogue Inlet, North Carolina, to Chincoteague, Virginia.

From Washington Times • Sep. 23, 2023

A storm surge warning, indicating danger from rising water moving inland, was in effect from Bogue Inlet, North Carolina, to Chincoteague, Virginia.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2023

A storm surge warning was in effect from Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina, to Chincoteague, Virginia, and a tropical storm warning was issued from Cape Fear, North Carolina, to Fenwick Island, Delaware.

From Washington Times • Sep. 22, 2023

Did she take me, alas! for a friar, Or a man of a soul austere, That pearl of my heart's Chincoteague?

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 11, June 11, 1870 by Various

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