Provincetown

[ prov-ins-toun ]

noun

1. a town at the tip of Cape Cod, in southeastern Massachusetts: known as a resort town.

Provincetown

/ ˈprɒvɪnsˌtaʊn /

noun

1. a village in SE Massachusetts, at the tip of Cape Cod: scene of the first landing place of the Pilgrims (1620) and of the signing of the Mayflower Compact (1620). Pop: 3472 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

We open on a family driving into Provincetown, Massachusetts, and doing their best to ignore the alarming volume of savaged roadkill along the way—including a massacred deer.

From The Daily Beast

In a cluster of cases in Provincetown, Massachusetts, about 74% of the state residents involved were vaccinated.

From MIT Technology Review

Spend at least a day in the refreshingly colorful, artsy, open-minded and ultra-LGBTQ-friendly community of Provincetown before heading back west to home base.

From Outside Online

In the US, the Provincetown outbreak may have taken hold during the July 4 “Independence Week,” when the town hosts thousands of visitors.

From MIT Technology Review

The Provincetown outbreak was caused by the so-called delta variant, which now accounts for most cases in the US.

From MIT Technology Review

Although, speaking of resorts, now that Provincetown is out, weather on Sea of Azov is lovely in August.

From The Daily Beast

Later we learn that “Lennon and his wife had purchased a condo about a mile and a half from the Mailer home” in Provincetown, RI.

From The Daily Beast

So at Provincetown, when the Mayflower first dropped anchor in 1620, the Pilgrims did likewise.

From The Daily Beast

During my visits to Provincetown, I marveled as I watched the family cook, sing together, and play on the beach together.

From The Daily Beast

This meant dinner together every night and family vacations to Provincetown, Massachusetts.

From The Daily Beast

This was the limit of the Pilgrims' journey up the Cape from Provincetown, when seeking a place for settlement.

From Project Gutenberg

At first they thought to pull for Provincetown, but night was coming on, and that was many miles distant.

From Project Gutenberg

One who had lived in Provincetown thirty years told me that he had not been through to the north side within that time.

From Project Gutenberg

The harbor of Provincetown is very shallow near the shore, especially about the head, where the Pilgrims landed.

From Project Gutenberg

We did not see enough black earth in Provincetown to fill a flower-pot, unless in the swamps.

From Project Gutenberg