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Hyannis Port

American  
[hahy-an-is] / haɪˈæn ɪs /

noun

  1. a town in SE Massachusetts, on Nantucket Sound: summer resort.


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She has sat down with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during visits to D.C. and has stayed at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

In subsequent years, Whittaker went on ski vacations with the Kennedys, was a guest at the family compound in Hyannis Port, Mass., and hosted gatherings in Seattle that included mountain climbing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Mr Kennedy, who is said to enjoy studying animal skulls and skeletons, reportedly heard that the dead animal had washed up in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, where the family was staying.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2024

After she was released from the hospital, the first lady returned to the Kennedy compound at Hyannis Port.

From National Geographic • Nov. 3, 2023

They were Lance Rumfoord, of Newport, Rhode Island, and his bride, the former Cynthia Landry, who had been a childhood sweetheart of John F. Kennedy in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

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