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Monocacy

Monocacy proper noun: a free-flowing left tributary to the Potomac River, which empties into the Atlantic Ocean via the Chesapeake Bay.

Proper noun

Monocacy

  1. A free-flowing left tributary to the Potomac River, which empties into the Atlantic Ocean via the Chesapeake Bay.

Origin of Monocacy

From Shawnee [Term?] (literally “river with many bends”).

Questions about Monocacy

What does Monocacy mean?
Monocacy means a free-flowing left tributary to the Potomac River, which empties into the Atlantic Ocean via the Chesapeake Bay.
What part of speech is Monocacy?
Monocacy is a proper noun.

Words near Monocacy in the dictionary

  1. monobrowed
  2. monobrows
  3. monobutt
  4. monobutyl
  5. monocable
  6. Monocacy
  7. monocalcic
  8. monocalcium
  9. monocaliber
  10. monocalypt
  11. monocalypts

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