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Provincetown

American

[prov-ins-toun] / ˈprɒv ɪnsˌtaʊn /

noun

a town at the tip of Cape Cod, in southeastern Massachusetts: known as a resort town.

Provincetown British

/ ˈprɒvɪnsˌtaʊn /

noun

a village in SE Massachusetts, at the tip of Cape Cod: scene of the first landing place of the Pilgrims (1620) and of the signing of the Mayflower Compact (1620). Pop: 3472 (2003 est)

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Antonio Banderas plays a chef and mentor in “Tony,” a biopic following a formative ’70s summer in Provincetown, Mass., for Anthony Bourdain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Repelled, Nancy replies that she will be happily spending her summer slinging pizzas in Provincetown.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

Johnson even moved to Provincetown for a short period to find strands of Bourdain’s that still remain, including restaurants like the Lobster Pot and Spiritus Pizza, where the real and movie version of Nancy worked.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

A New York native, he recently covered labor and employment law for Bloomberg Law in Arlington, Va. Prior to that, he was a fellow at the Provincetown Independent in Cape Cod, Mass.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026

The review commenced publication in Carmel, California, and finished in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

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