Plymouth

American  

[plim-uhth] / ˈplɪm əθ /

noun

1. a seaport in SW Devonshire, in SW England, on the English Channel: naval base; the departing point of the Mayflower 1620.

2. a city in SE Massachusetts: the oldest town in New England, founded by the Pilgrims 1620.

3. a town in SE Minnesota.

4. a town in NW Connecticut.

5. a town in and the capital of Montserrat, West Indies.

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Plymouth British  

/ ˈplɪməθ /

noun

1. a port in SW England, in Plymouth unitary authority, SW Devon, on Plymouth Sound (an inlet of the English Channel): Britain's chief port in Elizabethan times; the last port visited by the Pilgrim Fathers in the Mayflower before sailing to America; naval base; university (1992). Pop: 243 795 (2001)

2. a unitary authority in SW England, in Devon. Pop: 241 500 (2003 est). Area: 76 sq km (30 sq miles)

3. a city in SE Massachusetts, on Plymouth Bay: the first permanent European settlement in New England; founded by the Pilgrim Fathers. Pop: 54 109 (2003 est)

4. the former capital of Montserrat, in the Caribbean; largely destroyed by volcanic eruption in 1997

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Example Sentences

A hundred years after her birth, a retrospective of Plymouth artist Beryl Cook's work is being put on in her adopted home city.

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Isla, 14, from Plymouth, was diagnosed with scoliosis, or curvature of the spine, about 18 months ago and has had to wear a brace for 20 hours a day since.

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Thousands of people are spending another night away from their homes as cordons remain in place in Exmouth and Plymouth - where separate unexploded World War Two bombs were discovered on Wednesday.

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It will be available to patients over the age of 26 whose B-cell ALL has not responded to treatment or has returned at several centres in England, including Cambridge, Newcastle, Sheffield, Plymouth and London.

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He has previously managed Derby, DC United, Birmingham and Plymouth, who he left by mutual agreement in December 2024.

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