Patuxent
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- proper noun
- /pəˈtʌksənt/
- The 1,600-acre sanctuary, about 20 miles east of Washington, D.C., sits along the Patuxent River and is home to a broad array of wildlife, from ospreys to bald eagles.
- Patuxent River
Examples
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Smith and his crew then went up the Patuxent River and up the Potomac River to Great Falls beyond today's Washington, D.C.
Academic text (2007) -
One group annually wades into the Patuxent River and notes the depth of the water where they can no longer see their sneakers.
Academic text (2007) -
A waterman works on a winter morning in Maryland's Patuxent River, one of the Chesapeake's tributaries.
Academic text (2005) -
Bernie Fowler's sneaker index is a unique way for citizens to measure the cloudiness or turbidity of water flowing into the bay from the Patuxent River.
Academic text (1999) -
When I was growing up, I spent my summers in a house on Maryland's Patuxent River.
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Residents are asked to avoid the Little Patuxent River south of Route 32.
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A waterman works on a winter morning in Maryland's Patuxent River, one of the Chesapeake's tributaries.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Patuxent as the river and the name of the people comes from a Native American language of the Maryland area, and it points to the 'river' or the place by the river where those people lived. That's why the word Patuxent is tied to both the river and the community that lived along it.