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   Plymouth

   /ˈplɪməθ/

   • 1. a port and naval base in Devon, south-western England; population 251,900 (est. 2009). In 1620 it was the scene of the Pilgrim Fathers' departure to North America in the Mayflower.
   • ▪ a shipping forecast area covering the English Channel roughly between the meridians of the Scilly Isles in the west and Start Point in the east.
   • 2. a town in south-eastern Massachusetts, on the Atlantic coast; population 55,705 (est. 2008). The site in 1620 of the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers, it was the earliest permanent European settlement in New England.
   • 3. the capital of the island of Montserrat in the Caribbean Sea. It was abandoned following the eruption of the Soufrière Hills volcano that began in 1995.

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