Definition of potomac Potomac

/pʌtowˈmʌk/ - [putowmuk] - Po•to•mac

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What does potomac mean?

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potomac - 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
		Potomac River
		mountain state, west virginia, wv a state in east central United States
		old line state, maryland, free state, md a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
potomac - term sometimes used to refer to Washington, D.C.

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potomac
A river of the United States, formed by two branches, which rise in the Alleghany Mountains, and unite 20 miles southeast of Cumberland, Md., from which point the river flows in a generally southeasterly course, 400 miles, and falls into Chesapeake Bay, where it is 6 to 8 miles broad, 75 miles from the ocean. Line-of-battle ships ascend to Washington, 120 miles from its mouth. The Potomac forms the greater part of the boundary between Virginia and Maryland. During the civil war, both Federal and Confederate armies crossed several times the fords of the Upper Potomac, and severe actions were fought upon its banks. The largest army of the Union was named after it.