Weymouth

American

[wey-muhth] / ˈweɪ məθ /

noun

a town in E Massachusetts, S of Boston.

Weymouth British

/ ˈweɪməθ /

noun

a port and resort in S England, in Dorset on the English Channel: formerly part of the borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. Pop (with Melcombe Regis): 48 279 (2001)

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This year saw a big outbreak in Kent and two further "unusual" clusters of cases in Weymouth in Dorset and Reading in Berkshire.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

The agency said there was no confirmed epidemiological link between the Budmouth cases and the one at Wey Valley, prompting fears the strain is transmitting more widely among young people in Weymouth.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

All pupils in years 7 to 13 in Weymouth, Portland and Chickerell are to be offered antibiotics and the MenB vaccination.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

Diamond McGill, from Weymouth, says her eldest son - who is now five - had been "very responsive" to screen time as a younger child and was "not in a good way".

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026

In 1605 three laughing Indians in a canoe literally paddled circles round the lumbering dory rowed by traveler George Weymouth and seven other men.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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