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Pawtucket
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English
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Etymology
From Narragansett language Narragansett pautokot /pɔtəkət/ ("at the river's falls"). Compare the name of the Massachusetts city of "Fall River, Massachusetts Fall River".
Pronunciation
en /ˈpəˈtʌkɪt/
en en-us-ri-pawtucket.ogg Rhode Island
Proper noun
en large city co/Providence County s/Rhode Island. TopoZone: Pawtucket
en the Bucket<q:colloquial>
Noun
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A member of a confederation of Eastern Algonquian-speaking Native Americans in present-day northeastern Massachusetts and southeastern New Hampshire.
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