Chesapeake Bay
an inlet of the Atlantic, in Maryland and Virginia. 200 miles (320 km) long; 4–40 miles (6–64 km) wide.
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How to use Chesapeake Bay in a sentence
Three shiploads of men docked at Chesapeake Bay on April 26, 1607.
Not Just Cannibalism: Seven Ways Colonial Jamestown Was a Living Hell | Nina Strochlic | May 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBiard (Relation of 1616) seems to apply this name to the region of Chesapeake Bay.
The tidal rivers mentioned previously are actually estuaries of Chesapeake Bay and they flow periodically inland.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyHe continued his explorations, and made a complete map of Chesapeake Bay to send back to England.
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies | H. A. (Hlne Adeline) GuerberI've heard Mr. Lockwood tell of the days they lay in the rushes along the Chesapeake Bay waiting for duck.
Gallegher and Other Stories | Richard Harding Davis
Already Virginians were beginning to eye the benefits of settlement in the northern reaches of Chesapeake Bay.
Virginia Under Charles I And Cromwell, 1625-1660 | Wilcomb E. Washburn
British Dictionary definitions for Chesapeake Bay
/ (ˈtʃɛsəˌpiːk) /
the largest inlet of the Atlantic in the coast of the US: bordered by Maryland and Virginia
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Cultural definitions for Chesapeake Bay
Large bay on the Atlantic Ocean in the states of Maryland and Virginia.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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