Chesapeake Bay

American  

noun

1. an inlet of the Atlantic, in Maryland and Virginia. 200 miles (320 km) long; 4–40 miles (6–64 km) wide.

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Chesapeake Bay British  

/ ˈtʃɛsəˌpiːk /

noun

1. the largest inlet of the Atlantic in the coast of the US: bordered by Maryland and Virginia

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Chesapeake Bay Cultural  

1. Large bay on the Atlantic Ocean in the states of Maryland and Virginia.

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Example Sentences

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

In Virginia, the company is working with farmers to reduce nutrient pollution in Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the US.

From BBC

That is what I asked voters over lunch at a crab shack on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.

From BBC

Researchers measured pyrite from nine sites along a Maryland shoreline of the Chesapeake Bay that serves as a proxy for early ocean conditions.

From Science Daily

Officials said they are assessing whether pier protection needs to be improved on other Maryland bridges, particularly the Chesapeake Bay Bridge near Annapolis, which links Baltimore and Washington to Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

From Seattle Times