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How to pronounce potomac
IPA transcription: [pə'toʊmək]
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Noun
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a river in the east central United States; rises in West Virginia in the Appalachian Mountains and flows eastward, forming the boundary between Maryland and Virginia, to the Chesapeake Bay
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term sometimes used to refer to Washington, D.C.
Usage examples
- It is the largest Maryland tributary to the Potomac.
- Beyond the Page Theatre Company is the name of West Potomac's theatre department.
- The Americans adopted a series of codes named after rivers, beginning with "Potomac".
- He attended Potomac High School in Oxon Hill, Maryland.
- It crossed the Potomac River and landed at the Pentagon.
- Fort Seybert is located along the South Fork South Branch Potomac River.
- Its headwaters are in the Cheat-Potomac Ranger District of the Monongahela National Forest.