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Provincetown

[ prov-ins-toun ]
/ ˈprɒv ɪnsˌtaʊn /
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noun
a town at the tip of Cape Cod, in southeastern Massachusetts: known as a resort town.
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Provincetown
/ (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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