Chesapeake Bay
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- proper noun
- /ˈtʃɛsəpiːk beɪ/
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bahía de Chesapeake
- On a steamy morning in June 1881, a federal cutter slowly makes its way up the Chesapeake Bay into the Wye River.
- Annapolis and Chesapeake Bay
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation
- Chesapeake Bay Program
Examples
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State and federal regulators increasingly viewed manure disposal as a threat to water quality in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
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The evening boat trip on the Chesapeake Bay provided outstanding photos of a lighthouse at sunset.
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Two million fish here along Chesapeake Bay...
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I just wanted to get back to you on that message about Chesapeake Bay.
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In 1987, a revised Chesapeake Bay Agreement offered much more detail.
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An afternoon in Annapolis is Tour No. 2 and an evening boat ride on the Chesapeake Bay on Sunday, September 3.
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Bernie Fowler has lived on the Chesapeake Bay his whole life.
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The recent controversy surrounding the population of mute swans in the Chesapeake Bay is a good example.
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Oysters have been harvested in the Chesapeake Bay from time immemorial.
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The evening boat trip on the Chesapeake Bay provided outstanding photos of a lighthouse at sunset.
Synonyms
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A large bay and area on the east coast of the United States known for seafood
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward place-name composition: 'bay' means a coastal inlet and 'Chesapeake' is the place-name modifier, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it refers to the bay/estuary associated with Chesapeake. This noun–noun naming pattern (e.g. 'Bay of X' or 'X Bay') is cross-linguistically common, making the meaning immediately derivable for B1 learners.
Etymology
Chesapeake Bay may come from a local Native American word like Chesepiooc, which meant 'great shellfish bay'. That's why the name fits today: the bay has long been full of crabs, oysters and other shellfish.