Potomac
Chesapeake Bay tributary
Potomac is a river in the eastern United States that flows through Washington, D.C., forming the border between Maryland and Virginia before emptying into Chesapeake Bay.
The name comes from an Algonquian word.
In political contexts, Potomac often serves as a metonym for the federal government or Washington politics: There's a lot of talk coming from the Potomac these days.
The phrase Potomac fever describes an intense desire to work in or around the nation's capital.
Mid-Atlantic tidal estuary
- tributaryStream entering larger river
- watershedDrainage area boundary
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
- confluenceMeeting point of streams
rapids · Great Falls · tidal · freshwater · sediment · floodplain · meander · channel
U.S. seat of government
- CongressU.S. lawmaking body
- PentagonU.S. military headquarters
- CapitolLegislative assembly building
- federalDivided governmental authority
government · monument · Mall · Smithsonian · embassy · diplomacy · bureaucracy · Beltway
First president's residence
- colonialOf occupied territories
- Civil WarCountrymen fighting countrymen
- plantationsLarge-scale farming operations
- antebellumBefore a war's start
George Washington · Union · Confederate · crossing · encampments · heritage · landmarks · battlefields
Advocating to decision-makers
- CongressU.S. lawmaking body
- SenateLegislative body, often bicameral's elder
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- bipartisanshipCooperation between political rivals
filibuster · policymaking · caucus · incumbent · partisanship · think tanks · PACs · grassroots
Chesapeake
Mid-Atlantic tidal estuary
confluence · rapids · Great Falls · tidal · freshwater · sediment · floodplain · meander · channel · riparian
Washington
U.S. seat of government
federal · government · monument · Mall · Smithsonian · embassy · diplomacy · bureaucracy · Beltway · Arlington
Mount Vernon
First president's residence
- colonialOf occupied territories
- Civil WarCountrymen fighting countrymen
- plantationsLarge-scale farming operations
George Washington · antebellum · Union · Confederate · crossing · encampments · heritage · landmarks · battlefields · Harpers Ferry
lobbying
Advocating to decision-makers
- CongressU.S. lawmaking body
- SenateLegislative body, often bicameral's elder
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
bipartisanship · filibuster · policymaking · caucus · incumbent · partisanship · think tanks · PACs · grassroots · electorate
- VirginiaJamestown, Monticello, Roanoke, Charlottesville, Colonial Williamsburg
- Eastern RiversHudson, Delaware, Susquehanna, James, Connecticut
- Chesapeake WatersChesapeake Bay, Susquehanna River, James River, Susquehanna
- bodies of waterocean, river, sea, lake, stream
- George Washingtonfirst president, Mount Vernon, founding father, Continental Army, crossing the Delaware
- Indigenous NamesAlabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Chicago
PotomacMississippi
Southern state or major river
Colorado · Columbia · Rio Grande · Missouri · Sacramento
PotomacMain Street
Town's central thoroughfare
Wall Street · Silicon Valley · heartland · grassroots · flyover country
- Potomac RiverMid-Atlantic tidal waterway
- Army of the PotomacMain Union eastern army