Potomac River

1. A river that divides Washington, D.C. , from Virginia .

Notes

Sometimes used to refer loosely to Washington, D.C.: “Along the Potomac today, Congress met to vote on the budget.”

Example Sentences

What does is the fact that the state Senate district he represented until 2010 is across the Potomac River in Maryland.

From The Daily Beast

One mile south of the Potomac River a granite ridge rises from the soluble Newark rocks to the same elevation.

From Project Gutenberg

The general surface drainage is good, there being many small streams flowing through the type and emptying into the Potomac River.

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I overtook the regiment just after they crossed the Potomac River into Maryland.

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The galleries on the south side of the house overlooked a low, rolling meadow which ran down to the Potomac River.

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Whatever may have been the cause, Pocahontas was certainly making a stay on the Potomac River.

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