Annapolis

American  

[uh-nap-uh-lis] / əˈnæp ə lɪs /

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of Maryland, in the central part, on Chesapeake Bay: U.S. Naval Academy.

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Annapolis British  

/ əˈnæpəlɪs /

noun

1. the capital of Maryland, near the mouth of the Severn River on Chesapeake Bay: site of the US Naval Academy. Pop: 36 178 (2003 est)

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Annapolis Cultural  

1. Capital of Maryland.

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Location of the United States Naval Academy.

Example Sentences

One Sherrill weakness may be what she had thought her greatest strength: her past as an Annapolis alumna and Navy helicopter pilot.

From The Wall Street Journal

Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. “Maduro’s opponents have said for years that his days are numbered, but he’s still there.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Two years in, he gambled and switched to the Navy Academy at Annapolis, on Chesapeake Bay, in the hope of working with his beloved rockets.

From BBC

When I was one of the few Black students at Annapolis in the late 1970s, I and a group of classmates often discussed books we were reading outside of the classroom.

From Salon

Before his last year in Annapolis, while home for the summer, he met Eleanor Rosalynn Smith, a friend of his sister Ruth’s.

From Los Angeles Times