Potomac

American  

[puh-toh-muhk] / pəˈtoʊ mək /

noun

1. a river flowing SE from the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia, along the boundary between Maryland and Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay. 287 miles (460 km) long.

2. a city in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.

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Potomac British  

/ pəˈtəʊmək /

noun

1. a river in the E central US, rising in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia: flows northeast, then generally southeast to Chesapeake Bay. Length (from the confluence of headstreams): 462 km (287 miles)

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Example Sentences

Gen. Ambrose Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac, “but if the couchant lion postpones his spring too long, people will begin wondering whether he is not a stuffed specimen after all.”

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The tributary of the Potomac River cutting across the land was called Tiber Creek after the river that flowed through the Eternal City.

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She writes editorials, as well as the weekly Potomac Watch political column, from her base in Alaska.

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The military helicopter was conducting a training exercise along the Potomac River, one of the most congested airspaces in the U.S.

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The land sits on low ground and would need fill for any redesign, to get it above the Potomac river flood plain.

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