Potomac

[puh-toh-muhk]

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.

Potomac

/ 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)

Example Sentences

Another ‘Real Housewives of Potomac’ star is facing legal trouble: Wendy Osefo and her husband allegedly fraudulently reported a burglary and theft last year.

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Shortly after noon, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara drove across the Potomac to the Pentagon.

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A model of his proposed archway stood on the Virginia state side of the Potomac River.

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The plan, featuring small models on a map, shows the arch sitting on a traffic circle near Arlington Cemetery, on the other side of the Potomac River from the white marble Lincoln Memorial.

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‘Real Housewives of Potomac’ star Karen Huger’s time in prison is over, earlier than expected.

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