Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An inlet of the Atlantic Ocean between the eastern coast of North Carolina and the Outer Banks.
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Examples
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BUXTON -- The state Coastal Resources Commission will hear about a study that says a portion of the Pamlico Sound is the best spot in North Carolina for a utility-scale wind energy farm.
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Then it rambles lazily through eastern North Carolina on its way to Pamlico Sound and the Atlantic Ocean.
J. Michael Welton: Scarred Site to Cultural Center J. Michael Welton 2010
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Though she hadn't pulled away when he slipped his arm around her on the ferry, she'd been quiet, gazing at the waters of the Pamlico Sound.
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In the distance, with the sun sinking into the waters of the Pamlico Sound, the town of Buxton, with its white clapboard houses, looked like a postcard.
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She turned onto it, toward Pamlico Sound, and parked in front of the address she'd been given.
Dolls Paul de Denus 2010
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Then it rambles lazily through eastern North Carolina on its way to Pamlico Sound and the Atlantic Ocean.
J. Michael Welton: Scarred Site to Cultural Center J. Michael Welton 2010
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She carried her coffee to one of the small tables near the window overlooking Pamlico Sound, and Grace was relieved to see her go.
Dolls Paul de Denus 2010
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Pamlico Sound is a shallow estuary supporting an important nursery for 90 percent of all the commercial seafood species caught in North Carolina, as well as vast recreational fisheries.
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The "cell from hell" has killed so many fish -- a billion in one 1991 incident -- that North Carolina used bulldozers to bury them beneath the rancid shores of the Neuse River and Pamlico Sound.
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Huguenots came from France and settled at Bath, near Pamlico Sound.
History of American Women Maggiemac 2008
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