a village in SE Massachusetts, at the tip of Cape Cod: scene of the first landing place of the Pilgrims (1620) and of the signing of the Mayflower Compact (1620). Pop: 3472 (2003 est)
Provincetown in American English
(ˈprɑvɪnsˌtaʊn)
resort town in Mass., at the N tip of Cape Cod: pop. 3,400
Word origin
after Province Lands, title of public land at the end of Cape Cod