Potomac

[ puh-toh-muh k ]

/ pəˈtoʊ mək /

noun

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.

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

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Examples from the Web for potomac

What does is the fact that the state Senate district he represented until 2010 is across the Potomac River in Maryland.
The 8 Most Competitive Congressional Races of 2014|Ben Jacobs|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Potomac now home to ugly invasive voracious snakehead predator species.
Up to a Point: P.J. O’Rourke on Valentine’s Day and Oral Hygiene|P. J. O’Rourke|February 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Skutnick was a government worker who had plunged into the icy Potomac to rescue victims of a plane crash.
Looking Back at Past SOTU Addresses|Eleanor Clift|January 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But if anything goes wrong, look out—and not just in the region, but on the Potomac too.
Will Boehner Play Ball on Syria?|Michael Tomasky|August 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST

A moral focal point was Glen Echo Park, a wonderful art-deco playland in Maryland along the Potomac.
Conservatives and the March|Michael Tomasky|August 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And what if that invasion should be successful, and in the coming battle, the Army of the Potomac should be overpowered?
The Battle of Gettysburg|Frank Aretas Haskell
This campaign, which promised more than any previous campaign of the Army of the Potomac, was now destined to prove a failure.
Three Years in the Sixth Corps|George T. Stevens
Vigorous pursuit might intercept Lee on this side of the Potomac.
Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman|J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd
And all was quiet on the Potomac; but the nation was stamping and champing the bit.
The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln|Francis Fisher Browne
Lee's army having escaped the army of the Potomac, was on its way to Pennsylvania.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863|Various

British Dictionary definitions for potomac

Potomac

/ (pəˈtəʊmək) /

noun

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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Word Origin and History for potomac

Potomac

river in eastern U.S., from Algonquian Patowmeck, originally the name of a native village in Virginia, perhaps literally "something brought."