Nantucket

American

[nan-tuhk-it] / nænˈtʌk ɪt /

noun

an island off SE Massachusetts: summer resort. 15 miles (24 km) long.

Nantucket British

/ nænˈtʌkɪt /

noun

an island off SE Massachusetts: formerly a centre of the whaling industry; now a resort. Length: nearly 24 km (15 miles). Width: 5 km (3 miles). Pop (county and town): 10 724 (2003 est)

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Nantucket Cultural

Resort island off Cape Cod in Massachusetts.

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Center of whaling industry during the nineteenth century.

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An air and water search is underway off the coast of Nantucket, a Massachusetts island, according to the US Coast Guard's Northeast District.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The wreckage discovered on a beach on Sunday is believed to be part of the "Warren Sawyer" – which ran aground near Nantucket in 1884, according to the Nantucket Current.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Boston's Logan International Airport saw 134 cancellations as of Sunday morning, while smaller airports on Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard saw more than 25 percent of their flights cancelled.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

In this economy, though, not many people can afford a house in the Hamptons or Nantucket.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026

He spends every summer at his cottage in Nantucket, and this year Andre landed the sweet gig of supervising his spoiled cat for fifty dollars a day the whole time he’s away.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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