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Tidewater

name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A region in Virginia and Maryland, United States, along the coast and the Chesapeake Bay.
Noun
  1. 1
    Water affected by the flow of the tide, especially tidal streams. countable, uncountable

    "Their mission in life was to tote bituminous coal out of the mountain fastness of West Virginia and move it west to the gateways of Deepwater, Columbus and Toledo and east to tidewater at Hampton Roads."

  2. 2
    low-lying coastal land drained by tidal streams wordnet
  3. 3
    The seaboard. countable, uncountable

    "She was born Mary Blair Rice, the daughter of a prominent tidewater Virginia family whose roots stretched back to the colonial era."

  4. 4
    A structure or house with large wraparound porches and hip roofs designed for wet and hot climates. attributive, countable, uncommon, uncountable

Etymology

From tide + water.

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