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Chesapeake Bay

arm of the Atlantic, extending north into Va. and Md.: c. 200 mi (320 km) long

Etymology: < Algonquian, lit., place on a big river

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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