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Plymouth in British English
(ˈplɪməθ)
noun
1.
a port in SW England, in Plymouth unitary authority, SW Devon, on Plymouth Sound (an inlet of the English Channel): Britain's chief port in Elizabethan times; the last port visited by the Pilgrim Fathers in the Mayflower before sailing to America; naval base; university (1992). Pop: 243 795 (2001)
2.
a unitary authority in SW England, in Devon. Pop: 241 500 (2003 est). Area: 76 sqkm (30 sq miles)
3.
a city in SE Massachusetts, on Plymouth Bay: the first permanent European settlement in New England; founded by the Pilgrim Fathers. Pop: 54 109 (2003 est)
4.
the former capital of Montserrat, in the Caribbean; largely destroyed by volcanic eruption in 1997
Plymouth in American English
(ˈplɪməθ)
1.
seaport in Devonshire, SW England, on the English Channel: county district pop. 243,000
2.
town on the SE coast of Mass.: settled by the Pilgrims (1620) as the 1st permanent colonial settlement (Plymouth Colony) in New England: pop. 52,000
Word origin
(sense 2) after the English seaportImage ofPlymouth
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