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Pamlico Sound definition

Pam·lico· Sound (pam′li kō′)

inlet of the Atlantic between the coast of N.C. and narrow offshore islands: c. 80 mi (129 km) long

Etymology: earlier Pampticough < Algonquian tribal name

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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