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Provincetown

Provincetown proper noun: a town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.

Proper noun

Provincetown

  1. A town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
    • The court pointed to an earlier ruling in the case of a company that was licensed to operate cigarette vending machines in Provincetown.2024 March 11, Steve LeBlanc, “Court upholds town bylaw banning anyone born in 21st century from buying tobacco products”, in AP News
    Synonyms:
    P-town

Synonyms of Provincetown

Origin of Provincetown

From province + town.

Words formed from Provincetown

Questions about Provincetown

What does Provincetown mean?
Provincetown means a town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
What part of speech is Provincetown?
Provincetown is a proper noun.

Words near Provincetown in the dictionary

  1. province-level municipality
  2. provinceful
  3. provincefuls
  4. provincehood
  5. provinces
  6. Provincetown
  7. Provincetowner
  8. Provincetowners
  9. provincewide
  10. provincial
  11. provincial council

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