Pawtucket
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Narragansett pautokot /pɔtəkət/ ("at the river's falls"). Compare the name of the Massachusetts city of "Fall River".
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈpəˈtʌkɪt/
Audio (Rhode Island): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Pawtucket
- A large city in Providence County, Rhode Island.
- Synonym: (colloquial) the Bucket
Noun
[edit]Pawtucket (plural Pawtuckets or Pawtucket)
- A member of a confederation of Eastern Algonquian-speaking Native Americans in present-day northeastern Massachusetts and southeastern New Hampshire.
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