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Chesapeake

Chesapeake is the name of various places in the United States of America:

Chesapeake, Ohio
Chesapeake, Virginia

There are also:

Chesapeake Bay, a large estuary or bay whose entry to the Atlantic Ocean is between Norfolk, Virginia and Cape Charles, Virginia. The Chesapeake Bay has several large rivers in Virginia which are its tributaries: York, James, Rappahannock and Potomac.

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