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

But he said that without his local diving pool in Plymouth, he would never have been able to fulfill his dream of becoming an Olympic champion.

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Its last location was around 40 nautical miles south of Plymouth and still in the UK's EEZ.

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Also out of the running are proposed developments near Worcestershire Parkway train station and Heyford Park in Oxfordshire, a former airbase, as well as a plan to build thousands of new homes in Plymouth.

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Devon rescue group Prickles in a Pickle said it had received a surge of reports of hedgehogs washed from nests in the Plymouth, Kingsbridge, Ivybridge and Dartmouth areas.

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Last year a group of researchers from Nasa, the University of Plymouth and University of Texas called on the UN to include the protection of Earth's orbit in its sustainable development goals.

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