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Potomac

river in eastern U.S., from Algonquian Patowmeck, originally the name of a native village in Virginia, perhaps literally "something brought."

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Definitions of Potomac

Potomac (n.)
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;
Synonyms: Potomac River
Potomac (n.)
term sometimes used to refer to Washington, D.C.;
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