Plymouth
pronunciation
How to pronounce Plymouth in British English:
UK ['plɪməθ]
How to pronounce Plymouth in American English:
US ['plɪməθ]
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- Noun:
- a town in Massachusetts founded by Pilgrims in 1620
Word Origin
- Plymouth
- city in Devon, England, named for its location at the mouth of the Plym River; the river is in turn named for Plympton, literally "plum-tree farm." Earlier Plymouth was Sutton Prior. The town in Massachusetts, U.S., was named 1620 by immigrants on the "Mayflower," which had sailed from Plymouth, England, and landed at what became known as Plymouth Rock.
Example
- 1. The party could take over cities such as birmingham and plymouth .
- 2. The plymouth university researcher has been presenting his latest findings to a major conference in vancouver , canada .
- 3. The northern plymouth settlement in maine faltered and was abandoned , however the london company established the jamestown settlement in 1606 .
- 4. The oyster was dredged up from the sea off plymouth , in devon , and sold at the city 's fish market .
- 5. A study of data on 2750 people aged eight to 80 collected by natural england was analysed by researchers at the universities of exeter and plymouth .