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Falmouth

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Falmouth town (1990 pop. 27,960), Barnstable co., SE Mass., on Cape Cod; settled c.1660, inc. 1686. Once a whaling and boatbuilding center, the town has become a popular tourist summer resort. Falmouth was attacked by the British in the Revolutionary War and again in the War of 1812. Historic structures include the Ship's Bottom Roof House (1678); the Congregational church on the town green (1756; restored), with a bell cast by Paul Revere; and the Julia Wood House (1790). The town includes the community of Woods Hole, seat of the Oceanographic Institution and Marine Biological Laboratories.

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Falmouth

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Falmouth, Antigua, Canada, Jamaica, UK, USA 1. UK (England): formerly Falemouth ‘Mouth of the River Fal’ from a river name and mūtha.2. USA (Massachusetts): settled by some Quakers in 1661 who retained its Native American name of Succanessett. In 1664 it was renamed after the port in England from where some of the settlers had come.

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