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n. (context US Nantucket dialect possibly dated English) A picnic on the beach, a clambake.
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Squantum is a neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts connected to the mainland by a causeway that crosses over a wetland area of the bay. Often thought of as a peninsula, Squantum proper is technically a barrier island as it is surrounded on all four sides by water and is only connected to the mainland and Moon Island via causeways. Located in the northernmost portion of the city, Squantum is bordered on the north by Dorchester Bay and Boston Harbor, on the east by Moon Island and Quincy Bay, on the south by Quincy Bay and North Quincy and on the west by the Marina Bay development. The population of the neighborhood in 2000 according to the United States Census Bureau was 2,626.
Squantum is a neighborhood in Quincy, Massachusetts.
Squantam may also refer to:
- Squantam NAS, an active naval aviation facility
- Squantum Point Park, a park
- Squantum Victory Yard, a former United States Naval Shipbuilding yard
- Squantum Association, a private club
- Squantum Yacht Club, a yacht club
Usage examples of "squantum".
On the stage, Governor Bradford and Elder Brewster in black breeches and high-crowned black cardboard hats declaimed with dignity, bowing to Squantum and assorted squaws in striped blankets and chains of beads.
Two blocks down they came to the Squantum Fish Market and they went in.
They ran out past the anchored sailboats and rounded Squantum headland, where legend had it Captain Miles Standish first met Squanto, the Indian who taught the pilgrims how to survive their first harsh New England winter by planting corn.
Dunkin Donut shop on the corner of Quincy Shore Drive and East Squantum Street when a long black Cadillac rolled up onto the sidewalk to cut him off.