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

His next book, “Two Ships: Jamestown 1619, Plymouth 1620, and the Struggle for the Soul of America,” will be published in June.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Paris Wilson, 35, from Plymouth, was found not guilty of murder.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

The jury found Jude Hill, 44, from Plymouth, not guilty of murder and the alternative charge of manslaughter.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

A World War Two bomb discovered at a building site in Plymouth will be destroyed in a controlled explosion on Friday.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Perhaps Elizebeth suspected something was up, because she trailed the movers down the highway in her ailing Plymouth.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield