Chesapeake Bay

English

The Bay viewed from a plane

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɛsəpiːk beɪ/

Proper noun

Chesapeake Bay

1. An inlet of the Atlantic, in the United States. An estuary lying inland from the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the states of Maryland and Virginia; separated from the Atlantic by the Delmarva peninsula.

   Meronyms: Kent Island, Parsons Island, Tilghman Island

   • 2016, Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing, Penguin Books (2017), page 111:

     Jo jumped off the boat and looked behind him at the beautiful Chesapeake Bay, at the large, imposing ships that lined the Fellʼs Point shipyards.

Further reading

• “Chesapeake Bay”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.