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Pamlico Sound

American  
[pam-li-koh] / ˈpæm lɪˌkoʊ /

noun

  1. a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.


Pamlico Sound British  
/ ˈpæmlɪkəʊ /

noun

  1. an inlet of the Atlantic between the E coast of North Carolina and its chain of offshore islands. Length: 130 km (80 miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The plane took off Feb. 13 in the early afternoon from Hyde County Airport, which is on the mainland near the Pamlico Sound.

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2022

The trail ends at a beach along the Pamlico Sound overlooking Teach’s Hole, where the pirate Blackbeard was killed.

From Washington Post • May 6, 2022

The 124-acre property lies along the Pamlico Sound on the highest part of the island, where gnarled live oaks more than 200 years old grow.

From Washington Times • Jul. 4, 2020

Ferries loaded with heavy National Guard cargo trucks and pallets of supplies began trudging across Pamlico Sound to the island on Saturday with emergency food and water, cleanup crews and hundreds of emergency workers.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2019

On the 5th, at 8 a.m., we weighed anchor and proceeded down the Neuse river, through Pamlico Sound, and up the Tar river, and at 6 p.m. relieved the U.S. steamer Louisiana.

From Reminiscences of Two Years in the United States Navy by Batten, John M. (John Mullin)

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