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Pawtucket

//ˈpəˈtʌkɪt// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A large city in Providence County, Rhode Island.
Noun
  1. 1
    A member of a confederation of Eastern Algonquian-speaking Native Americans in present-day northeastern Massachusetts and southeastern New Hampshire.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Narragansett pautokot /pɔtəkət/ ("at the river's falls"). Compare the name of the Massachusetts city of "Fall River".

Etymology 2

From Narragansett pautokot /pɔtəkət/ ("at the river's falls"). Compare the name of the Massachusetts city of "Fall River".

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