Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pawtucket

/ˈpəˈtʌkɪt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English

Syllables: paw-tuck-et
IPA: /ˈpəˈtʌkɪt/

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A large city in Providence County, Rhode Island.

noun

A member of a confederation of Eastern Algonquian-speaking Native Americans in present-day northeastern Massachusetts and southeastern New Hampshire.

Etymology

From Narragansett pautokot /pɔtəkət/ ("at the river's falls"). Compare the name of the Massachusetts city of "Fall River".

Inflected Forms

Pawtuckets (plural)

Synonyms

the Bucket

Rhymes With

nantucket puckett duckett luckett

Questions

How do you pronounce pawtucket?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpəˈtʌkɪt/.
What does pawtucket mean?: A large city in Providence County, Rhode Island.
Where does pawtucket come from?: From Narragansett pautokot /pɔtəkət/ ("at the river's falls"). Compare the name of the Massachusetts city of "Fall River".

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