Potomac

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/pəˈtəʊmək/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pə tō′mək)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Po•to•mac  (pə tō′mək),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Place Namesa river flowing SE from the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia, along the boundary between Maryland and Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay. 287 mi. (460 km) long.
  2. Place Namesa city in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C. 40,402.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Potomac /pəˈtəʊmək/ n
  1. a river in the E central US, rising in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia: flows northeast, then generally southeast to Chesapeake Bay. Length (from the confluence of headstreams): 462 km (287 miles)
'Potomac' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Harpers Ferry - Meade - Washington - Anacostia River - Antietam - Arlington National Cemetery - Army of the Potomac - Cumberland - District of Columbia - Foggy Bottom - Fort Belvoir - Fort Lesley J. McNair - Mount Vernon - Potomac fever - Quantico - Wakefield - Shenandoah

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