Albemarle Sound

American  

noun

1. an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, in NE North Carolina. 60 miles (97 km) long.

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Albemarle Sound British  

/ ˈælbəˌmɑːl /

noun

1. an inlet of the Atlantic in NE North Carolina. Length: about 96 km (60 miles)

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Example Sentences

Over the last six months or so, Tom and I have spent several two to three week stints on the boat, and unless we are anchored out somewhere along the Intracoastal Waterway between Pamlico Sound and Albemarle Sound or have ventured south down towards Beaufort, we eat dinner most evenings at M&M’s.

From Salon

“Riverman” opens with a mystery: a red canoe, found overturned and washed ashore in November 2014 on the swampy northern banks of Albemarle Sound in North Carolina, about 25 miles inland from Kitty Hawk.

From New York Times

It was once the hub of the Dismal Swamp Canal, a project envisioned by George Washington to connect the Albemarle Sound to the Chesapeake Bay.

From Seattle Times

In Elizabeth City, N.C., a city of about 20,000 in the northeast corner of the state, a group organized by Hilary Green, an associate professor from the University of Alabama, gathered on the waterfront near Albemarle Sound, at a site where African-Americans had held Emancipation Day parades for decades following the war.

From New York Times

Here was a child who, by the time he had reached the second grade, spoke much like the toothless fishermen casting their nets into Albemarle Sound.

From Literature