Chesapeake Bay

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English

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The Bay viewed from a plane

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʃɛsəpiːk beɪ/

Proper noun

Chesapeake Bay

  1. An inlet of the Atlantic, in the United States. An estuary lying inland from the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the states of Maryland and Virginia; separated from the Atlantic by the Delmarva peninsula.
    Meronyms: Kent Island, Parsons Island, Tilghman Island
    • 2016, Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing, Penguin Books (2017), page 111:
      Jo jumped off the boat and looked behind him at the beautiful Chesapeake Bay, at the large, imposing ships that lined the Fellʼs Point shipyards.

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