name
Chesapeake
name
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The Chesapeake Bay, a large estuary on the east coast of the United States, bordering Maryland and Virginia.
"Fishermen have harvested blue crabs from the Chesapeake for generations."
noun
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A member of the Native American tribe that once lived around the Chesapeake Bay.
"Historians study early accounts of the Chesapeake and other coastal tribes."
How to Use Chesapeake
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe big bay on the US East Coast, or the Native people once living there.
Word Forms
Chesapeakes plural
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Etymology
From Algonquian "Chesepiooc," likely meaning something like "great water" rather than the popular folk explanation "great shellfish bay."