PLYMOUTH
Dictionary entry overview: What does Plymouth mean? • PLYMOUTH (noun)
The noun PLYMOUTH has 1 sense:
1. a town in Massachusetts founded by Pilgrims in 1620
Familiarity information: PLYMOUTH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PLYMOUTH (noun)
Meaning:
A town in Massachusetts founded by Pilgrims in 1620
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Meronyms (parts of "Plymouth"):
Plymouth Colony (colony formed by the Pilgrims when they arrived at Plymouth Rock in 1620; it was absorbed into the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691)
Plymouth Rock (a boulder in Plymouth supposed to be where the Pilgrims disembarked from the Mayflower)
Holonyms ("Plymouth" is a part of...):
Bay State; MA; Massachusetts; Old Colony (a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies)
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