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Chesapeake

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Ches⋅a⋅peake

[ches-uh-peek]
–noun
1. (italics) a U.S. frigate boarded in 1807 by the British, who removed part of its crew and impressed some members into British service: captured by the British in naval battle near Boston in 1813.
2. a city in SE Virginia. 114,486.
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Ches·a·peake   (chěs'ə-pēk')   
An independent city of southeast Virginia south of Norfolk. Its vast area includes residential communities, farmland, and a section of the Dismal Swamp. Population: 221,000.
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