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Noun: Potomac  pu'tow-muk
  1. Term sometimes used to refer to Washington, D.C.
     
  2. 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 River

Type of: American capital, capital of the United States, river, Washington, Washington D.C.

Part of: Free State, Maryland, MD, Md., Mountain State, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, Old Line State, VA, Va., Virginia, W.V., West Virginia, WV

Encyclopedia: Potomac, Montana