pawtucket/ˈpəˈtʌkɪt/EtymologyFrom Narragansett pautokot /pɔtəkət/ ("at the river's falls"). Compare the name of the Massachusetts city of "Fall River".nameA large city in Providence County, Rhode Island.nounA member of a confederation of Eastern Algonquian-speaking Native Americans in present-day northeastern Massachusetts and southeastern New Hampshire.