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Po•to•mac



Pronunciation: (pu-tō'muk), [key]
n.
1. a 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. a city in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C. 40,402.

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