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Potomac

Pronunciation: /pəˈtəʊmək/
Definition of Potomac
  • a river of the eastern US, which rises in the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia and flows about 459 km (285 miles) through Washington DC into Chesapeake Bay on the Atlantic coast.

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Definition of Potomac in the US English dictionary
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