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Pawtucket

/ˈpəˈtʌkɪt/

Pawtucket proper noun: a large city in Providence County, Rhode Island.

Proper noun

Pawtucket

  1. A large city in Providence County, Rhode Island.
    Synonyms:
    the Bucket

Noun

Pawtucket (plural Pawtuckets or Pawtucket)

  1. A member of a confederation of Eastern Algonquian-speaking Native Americans in present-day northeastern Massachusetts and southeastern New Hampshire.

Synonyms of Pawtucket

  • the Bucket

Forms of Pawtucket

pluralPawtuckets
pluralPawtucket

Origin of Pawtucket

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

Questions about Pawtucket

What does Pawtucket mean?
Pawtucket means a large city in Providence County, Rhode Island.
What part of speech is Pawtucket?
Pawtucket can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Pawtucket?
Pawtucket is pronounced /ˈpəˈtʌkɪt/.

Words near Pawtucket in the dictionary

  1. pawteners
  2. pawternity leave
  3. pawternity leaves
  4. pawties
  5. pawtism
  6. Pawtucket
  7. Pawtuckets
  8. Pawtuxent
  9. Pawtuxents
  10. pawty
  11. pawy

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