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Provincetown

American  
[prov-ins-toun] / ˈprɒv ɪnsˌtaʊn /

noun

  1. a town at the tip of Cape Cod, in southeastern Massachusetts: known as a resort town.


Provincetown British  
/ ˈprɒvɪnsˌtaʊn /

noun

  1. 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)

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Prior to that, he was a fellow at the Provincetown Independent in Cape Cod, Mass.

From The Wall Street Journal

A New York native, he recently covered labor and employment law for Bloomberg Law in Arlington, Va. Prior to that, he was a fellow at the Provincetown Independent in Cape Cod, Mass.

From The Wall Street Journal

She also trained as a chef to star in the romance movie “Charlie Harper,” opposite Nick Robinson, and will appear in A24’s upcoming Anthony Bourdain biopic, “Tony,” where she says she plays a ’70s girl in Provincetown, Mass.,” she said — many of the film’s details are still under wraps.

From Los Angeles Times

Rudderless and unhappy, I went in with some friends on a summer share in Provincetown, Cape Cod.

From Salon

After closing the last one, in 1979, she moved to Provincetown, at the tip of Cape Cod, where she took up odd jobs to support her new career as a painter.

From New York Times