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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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A storm surge warning was in effect from Duck, North Carolina, to Chincoteague, Virginia, including Chesapeake Bay south of Windmill Point, and for the Neuse River, the Pamlico River, and portions of Pamlico Sound.

From Seattle Times Sep. 22, 2023

The trail ends at a beach overlooking Teach’s Hole, an area of the Pamlico Sound where Edward Teach, or Blackbeard, was killed in a battle with Lt.

From Washington Times Jul. 4, 2020

“What you’re going to see is an awful lot of water pushed from the northeastern part of Pamlico Sound into southwestern Pamlico Sound,” he said.

From Washington Post Sep. 5, 2019

So I got a couple of other local reporters to chip in, and we hired a charter boat to take us across Pamlico Sound.

From New York Times Sep. 14, 2018

Early in 1862, a naval expedition of the enemy, under the command of Commodore Goldsborough, entered Pamlico Sound, and captured Roanoke Island.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael

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