Associations to the word «Potomac»

Wiktionary

POTOMAC, proper noun. A river in the eastern United States that flows along the borders of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia.
POTOMAC, proper noun. An unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, USA.
POTOMAC, proper noun. A village in Vermilion County, Illinois, USA.
POTOMAC, proper noun. (astronomy) The asteroid (1345) Potomac.

Dictionary definition

POTOMAC, 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.
POTOMAC, noun. Term sometimes used to refer to Washington, D.C..

Wise words

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Joseph Conrad