Potomac
[puh-toh-muh k]
- 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
Contemporary Examples
What does is the fact that the state Senate district he represented until 2010 is across the Potomac River in Maryland.
Potomac now home to ugly invasive voracious snakehead predator species.
Skutnick was a government worker who had plunged into the icy Potomac to rescue victims of a plane crash.
But if anything goes wrong, look out—and not just in the region, but on the Potomac too.
A moral focal point was Glen Echo Park, a wonderful art-deco playland in Maryland along the Potomac.
Historical Examples
A year ago, all was quiet on the Potomac—now all is quiet on the Rappahannock.
Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863Adam Gurowski
Lee is on the Potomac, and it seems that his movements have been ignored.
Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863Adam Gurowski
On May 6, 1896, this model was launched over the Potomac River.
The Age of InventionHolland Thompson
I came down to tell ye, and now you won't see me on the Potomac again.
The Universal ReciterVarious
You shall keep vigil on the sands of the Gulf and on the banks of the Potomac.
Dr. SevierGeorge W. Cable
Potomac
- 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."
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