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Plymouth

[plim-uhth]

noun

a seaport in SW Devonshire, in SW England, on the English Channel: naval base; the departing point of the Mayflower 1620. 257,900.

a city in SE Massachusetts: the oldest town in New England, founded by the Pilgrims 1620. 35,913.

a town in SE Minnesota. 31,615.

a town in NW Connecticut. 10,732.

a town in and the capital of Montserrat, West Indies. 3200.

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an island in the Leeward Islands, in the SE West Indies: a British crown colony. 12,162; 39¹/₂ sq. mi. (102 sq. km). Capital: Plymouth.

a mountain in NE Spain, NW of Barcelona: the site of Montserrat Monastery. 4058 feet (1237 meters).

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Plymouth (ˈplɪməθ)

—n
1.	a port in SW England, in Plymouth unitary authority, SW Devon, on Plymouth Sound (an inlet of the English Channel): Britain's chief port in Elizabethan times; the last port visited by the Pilgrim Fathers in the Mayflower before sailing to America; naval base; university (1992). Pop: 243 795 (2001)
2.	a unitary authority in SW England, in Devon. Pop: 241 500 (2003 est). Area: 76 sq km (30 sq miles)
3.	a city in SE Massachusetts, on Plymouth Bay: the first permanent European settlement in New England; founded by the Pilgrim Fathers. Pop: 54 109 (2003 est)
4.	the former capital of Montserrat, in the Caribbean; largely destroyed by volcanic eruption in 1997

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