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chesapeake
name 5noun 1
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4ADJ.
kilometer-long, massive, under
VERB + CHESAPEAKE
side, traveled
CHESAPEAKE + NOUN
americans, bay, native
PREP.
amid, around, in, on
Definitions
name
1
The Chesapeake Bay.
2
(with the) A Native American tribe that once inhabited the area now known as South Hampton Roads in Virginia, United States.
3
A number of other places in the United States:
4
A number of other places in the United States:
5
A number of other places in the United States:
noun
1
Any member of the Chesapeake tribe.
The Englishmen reported that they had seen several Chesapeakes in a canoe.
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The Englishmen reported that they had seen several Chesapeakes in a canoe.
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The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States.
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During the fall, the skies come alive as one million ducks, geese, and swans return to overwinter on the Chesapeake.
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The Eastern Shore is a peninsula on the eastern side of Maryland's Chesapeake Bay.
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Eight boats set sail Sunday from Annapolis, Maryland, crossing under the massive Chesapeake Bay Bridge amid wet and dreary weather.
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Some 400 years ago, English explorer Captain John Smith traveled around the Chesapeake Bay in the eastern United States, the country's largest estuary.
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