Pawtucket

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpəˈtʌkɪt/
  • Audio (Rhode Island):(file)

Proper noun

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Pawtucket

  1. A large city in Providence County, Rhode Island.
    Synonym: (colloquial) the Bucket

Noun

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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.