What does the word Potomac mean?
Etymology. European spelling of an Algonquian name, variously claimed to mean “river of swans”, “place where people trade” or “place to which tribute is brought”. The river’s name was officially determined as Potomac by the Board on Geographic Names in 1931.
How do you spell Potomac River?
a river in the eastern US. It begins in the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia and flows 285 miles/459 kilometres past Harpers Ferry, Mount Vernon and Washington, DC, into Chesapeake Bay on the Atlantic coast.
Is Potomac a city?
listen (help·info)) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, named after the nearby Potomac River. In 2018, data from the American Community Survey revealed that Potomac was the sixth-wealthiest city in the United States. Many Potomac residents work in nearby Washington, D.C.
What state is the Potomac in?
Potomac/State