Plymouth
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Plymouth
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 sq. km (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.)
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Plymouth
a city in Great Britain, in Devonshire, on the Cornish peninsula. Situated on the English Channel, where the Plym River empties into Plymouth Sound. Population, 251,000 (1974). One of Britain’s shipbuilding centers, Plymouth is a major fishing port. The Marine Biological Laboratories and an aquarium are located in Plymouth.
Plymouth was founded in the 12th century. In the 14th century it became an important commercial and military port. In the 16th century it was a point of departure for English colonial expansion in North America and Asia. With the development of shipbuilding in Plymouth in the 19th and 20th centuries, the city became an important center of the workers’ movement.
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