Outer Banks

proper noun

A long string of narrow barrier islands and spits off the coast of North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, on the east coast of the United States.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A long string of narrow barrier islands and spits off the coast of North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, on the east coast of the United States.

    Even the Outer Banks' best known landmark, the old Cape Hatteras Light with its distinctive black and white spirals, almost collapsed into the sea a few years back[…]

    1987 October, Charles E. Cobb, Jr., “North Carolina's Outer Banks”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 512

    Synonyms: OBX

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA long string of narrow barrier islands and spits off the coast of North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, on the east coast of the United States.

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OBX
Cite this entry
APA

Outer Banks. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Outer%20Banks

MLA

“Outer Banks.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Outer%20Banks. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Outer Banks,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Outer%20Banks.

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