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chesapeake
geographical name(Ches-a-peake)city in southeastern Virginia south of Norfolk population 222,209
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noun(Ches-a-peake)any of a breed of powerful brown sporting dogs developed in Maryland and having a dense oily water-shedding coat
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geographical name(Ches-a-peake)canal 14 miles (23 kilometers) long connecting Chesapeake Bay in Maryland with Delaware Bay in Delaware
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geographical name(Ches-a-peake)inlet of the Atlantic Ocean 193 miles (311 kilometers) long in Virginia and Maryland
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geographical name(Ches-a-peake)series of bridges and tunnels opened in 1964 and extending 17.6 miles (28.3 kilometers) across and under Chesapeake Bay from Virginia Beach, Virginia, to the southernmost tip of the Delmarva Peninsula