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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Prior to that, he was a fellow at the Provincetown Independent in Cape Cod, Mass.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

By then she had moved to Provincetown, where she tried to put her fame behind her in favor of the tight-knit community she found on the Cape, which she considered her “chosen family.”

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2024

As tensions arose a few months into their confinement, they took off for a now eerily empty Provincetown.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2024

The shack is one of a number dotting the more remote reaches of the Cape Cod National Seashore, located within the Peaked Hill Bars Historic District in Provincetown and Truro.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2023

She’d always kept house in Provincetown, although Momma wasn’t nearly as fussy as Cousin Eunice.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

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