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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An independent city of southeast Virginia south of Norfolk. Originally the southern portion of Norfolk County, its vast area includes residential communities, farmland, and a section of the Dismal Swamp.
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- noun historical Any member of a
Native American tribe that once inhabited the area now known as South Hampton Roads inVirginia ,United States .
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Examples
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_Constellation_, 38, was lying in the Chesapeake river, unable to receive a crew for several months to come; the _Chesapeake_, 38, was lying in a similar condition in Boston harbor; the _Adams_,
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CHESAPEAKE A motorist was injured Sunday afternoon in a single-vehicle accident that severed a utility pole in the Chesapeake.
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CHESAPEAKE A motorist was injured Sunday afternoon in a single-vehicle accident that severed a utility pole in the Chesapeake.
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CHESAPEAKE A motorist was injured Sunday afternoon in a single-vehicle accident that severed a utility pole in the Chesapeake.
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CHESAPEAKE A motorist was injured Sunday afternoon in a single-vehicle accident that severed a utility pole in the Chesapeake.
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CHESAPEAKE A motorist was injured Sunday afternoon in a single-vehicle accident that severed a utility pole in the Chesapeake.
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CHESAPEAKE -- A Chesapeake man has been bitten by his monkey for the second time in two weeks.
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CHESAPEAKE -- The City of Chesapeake is installing red light cameras at Battlefield Blvd,
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CHESAPEAKE A motorist was injured Sunday afternoon in a single-vehicle accident that severed a utility pole in the Chesapeake.
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CHESAPEAKE -- Two men with guns robbed a Chesapeake food mart.
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