Plymouth
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4.6
- proper noun
- /ˈplɪməθ/
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Plymouth
- We visited Plymouth, Massachusetts, to see the historic sites of the Pilgrims' colony.
- Pilgrims at Plymouth
- Plymouth Colony
- Plymouth Rock
Examples
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On the afternoon of Monday, July 8, we sailed from Plymouth on the calmest seas since we had left Newport.
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I don't know how we made it back to Plymouth, but we got back to Plymouth.
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We moved to Plymouth, England, and we're there a couple days.
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And this was built, developed and built in Plymouth here in the UK.
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I go back to Plymouth, you know, and yeah, it's sort of all worked out.
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And now back to the music 24 hours a day from Plymouth, the rock of New England.
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You could go to Plymouth, raise up the men of the fleet, then march on London.
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I picked it up at a yard sale in Plymouth.
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We were married last week in the registry office in Plymouth.
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And it's hidden in a forest in Plymouth, MA, right off of Cape Cod.
Compounds
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7.5
A large boulder on the shore of Plymouth, Massachusetts said to be where Pilgrims landed in 1620
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A settlement founded by English settlers at Plymouth Rock in 1620 that later joined Massachusetts Bay Colony
Surface Forms
Etymology
Plymouth comes from the English port in Devon and is made of the river name Plym plus mouth, where 'mouth' means 'the open end of a river'. So the American Plymouth was named after that English port at the mouth of the Plym, which explains why both places are by the sea.