Potomac
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- proper noun
- /pəˈtoʊmək/
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río Potomac
- His proper home, Arlington, lay just across the Potomac from Washington City.
- Potomac River
- park along the Potomac
- Potomac River in Washington
It will now be named the Army of the Potomac for the river.
- It will now be named the Army of the Potomac for the river.
- Well, I think the problem was Ronald Reagan believed in small government profoundly, except for the Pentagon side of the Potomac River.
- I don't know, Sodom and Gomorrah on the Potomac by Nick Bryant, it'll be a good one.
Examples
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That Bermuda high-pressure system in the east is keeping hot, sticky weather in the Potomac area.
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Two miles west of the White House, the quarter-mile-wide Potomac River drifted lazily past a wooded northern shore.
Fiction book (1996) -
I took a walk alone on the banks of the Potomac in the hour before dawn.
Fiction book (1993) -
We're going down the potomac next weekend on the yacht.
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The three years he spent by the Potomac were his most productive period.
Fiction book (1997) -
Jefferson continues to help save the Potomac Park cherry trees in Washington.
Academic text (1999) -
The sun begins to set along the Potomac in long streaks of red and pink.
Fiction book (1997) -
An unshuttered window overlooks the Potomac River and the White House.
Fiction book (1991) -
As we stood on the bank, we marveled at the beauty of the Potomac River flowing towards the Chesapeake Bay.
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The Potomac River, stretching 380 miles, is a vital waterway for both Maryland and Virginia.
Synonyms
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A river in the eastern United States that flows east to the Chesapeake Bay between Maryland and Virginia
Compounds
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A river in the eastern United States that flows east to the Chesapeake Bay between Maryland and Virginia
Surface Forms
Etymology
Potomac comes from the name of a Native American people and place, often written Patawomeke, and a helpful way to remember it is that the old word meant something like 'place where people trade' or, in some stories, 'river of swans'. So the river was named after the people who lived there long ago, which is why we call that water the Potomac today.