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English term or phrase:	Potomac
Arabic translation:	نهر البوتامك، واشنطن
Entered by:	Shazly

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08:08 Oct 12, 2003

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English term or phrase: Potomac

Presuming Wilson's wife to be one of the hundreds of analysts at CIA headquarters across the Potomac - and possibly one of those disagreeing with the consensus judgment about the danger of Saddam - the columnist called attention to the nepotistic genesis of the CIA's assignment

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على ضفاف نهر البوتامك

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Shazly
Egypt
Local time: 21:44

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البوتوماك

Fuad Yahya

واشنطن

Gharbeia

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على ضفاف نهر البوتامك

Shazly

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البوتوماك

Explanation:
A river of the east-central United States rising in northeast West Virginia and flowing about 459 km (285 mi) along the Virginia-Maryland border to Chesapeake Bay. It is navigable for large ships to Washington, D.C.

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Note added at 2003-10-13 06:47:12 (GMT)
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Across the Potomac means on the other side of the Potomac River.

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Fuad Yahya
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Arabic,

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potomac واشنطن

Explanation:
Potomac is also used as a reference to Washington D.C:

Noun: Potomac
1. A river in the east central United States; rises in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia and flows eastward to the Chesapeake Bay

2.Terms sometimes used to refer to Washington D.C.

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Gharbeia
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Arabic
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على ضفاف نهر البوتامك

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Shazly
Egypt
Local time: 21:44
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Arabic
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