# Potomac

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**Potomac** (/pəˈtoʊmək/) may refer to:

## Places in the United States

**Washington, D.C. area**:

- The [Potomac River](/source/Potomac_River), which flows through West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. - The [Potomac Highlands](/source/Potomac_Highlands), a region of the Potomac River's watershed in West Virginia - [Patowmack Canal](/source/Patowmack_Canal), also spelled Potomac, a series of five inoperative canals in Maryland and Virginia
- [Potomac, Maryland](/source/Potomac,_Maryland), an unincorporated area in Montgomery County
- [Potomac Airfield](/source/Potomac_Airfield), a general aviation airport in Fort Washington, Maryland
- [Potomac Park, Maryland](/source/Potomac_Park,_Maryland), in Allegany County
- [Potomac, Virginia](/source/Potomac,_Virginia), an extinct town formerly located in Arlington County

**Other places in the U.S.**:

- [Potomac, Illinois](/source/Potomac,_Illinois), a village in Vermilion County
- [Potomac, Montana](/source/Potomac,_Montana), an unincorporated community in Missoula County
- [Potomac, West Virginia](/source/Potomac,_West_Virginia), an unincorporated community

## Companies

- [Potomac Company](/source/Potomac_Company), a former infrastructure company
- [Epic Games](/source/Epic_Games), originally called Potomac Computer Systems, and American video game and software developer

## Transportation

### Trains

- *Potomac*, a series of several former Amtrak passenger trains: - [*Potomac* (Amtrak train)](/source/Potomac_(Amtrak_train)) - *[Potomac Special](/source/Potomac_Special)* - *[Potomac Turbo](/source/Potomac_Turbo)*

### Vessels

- [USS *Potomac*](/source/USS_Potomac), one of six ships
- [*Potomac* (tug)](/source/Potomac_(tug)), a Patapsco Class tug built for Vane Brothers Company

## Other uses

- [Patawomeck](/source/Patawomeck) (or *Potomac*), a Native American tribe for whom the Potomac River was named
- [Army of the Potomac](/source/Army_of_the_Potomac), a major Union army during the American Civil War
- [1345 Potomac](/source/1345_Potomac), an asteroid
- [Potomac Horse Fever](/source/Potomac_Horse_Fever), a disease in horses
- Potomac Lake, an artificial lake in [Gunnersbury Park](/source/Gunnersbury_Park#Rothschilds), London
- [University of the Potomac](/source/University_of_the_Potomac), a degree-granting college based in Washington, D.C.
- [Potomak](/source/Potomak), a German record label

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