Potomac River

Po·to·mac River  (p-tmk)

A river of the east-central United States rising in northeast West Virginia and flowing about 459 km (285 mi) along the Virginia-Maryland border to Chesapeake Bay. It is navigable for large ships to Washington, D.C.

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Potomac River - 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 Free State, Maryland, Old Line State, MD - a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA, Virginia - a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War Mountain State, West Virginia, WV - a state in east central United States