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US
/pəˈtoʊmək/
]
NOUN
- 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
- term sometimes used to refer to Washington, D.C.
How To Use Potomac In A Sentence
- It is against this backdrop of an already emerging consensus that we must evaluate the famous anecdote retailed by Jefferson about the dinner bargain that set the capital on the Potomac.
- Laying over on his long journey south, Grayson found that the failure to decide the location of the future capital, in whatever location, Pennsylvania or the Potomac, “is much reprobated in this City”; much of that opprobrium, naturally, fell on Morris. Robert Morris
- Each of the presenters at the ICPRB conference, Human Influences on the Biology of the Potomac River, gave the basin a letter grade for different aspects of the river, based on their expertise.
- But this served only to stimulate the already keen energies of the Federal forces, who waded knee-deep through the clear Potomac, and trudged along over the 'sacred soil' with a willingness unchecked by the cold nor'wester that raged on that July morning. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862
- The exacting task of tracing the course of the Potomac to its headspring was undertaken by William Mayo and Robert Brooke acting for the Crown, and Benjamin Winslow and John Savage acting for Lord Fairfax.
- I wonder what short-term and long-term economic benefits would accrue from shutting down Rome on the Potomac for an extended period: say, 30 days.
- Congress made up its mind for good on the 16th of July, 1790, and decided that the President should be intrusted with the care of choosing on the river Potomac a territory, ten miles square, which should become the Federal territory and the permanent seat of the Government of the United States. Major L'Enfant and the Federal City. II. I
- Next thing you know, the MSM will tell you that on the morning of September 11, a Coast Guard LIVE-FIRE training exercise will take place on The Potomac River 20 seconds before The Presidential motorcade is about to cross the very bridge where the ‘exercise’ is occuring. ACORN seems to be having a hooker advisement problem. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
- The Army of the Potomac did not take the offensive alone: it marched aspart of a concerted attack on the vitals of the South. FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871
- He currently teaches theatrical scenic design at the Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland.
