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    Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. The county seat of Providence County, it is one of the oldest cities...
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    colony. The settlements of Rhode Island (Newport and Portsmouth) were on Rhode Island, also known as Aquidneck Island. Providence Plantations referred to...
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  • Providence College is a private Catholic university in Providence, Rhode Island. Founded in 1917 by the Dominican Order and the local diocese, it offers...
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    (the largest city in New Hampshire), and Providence, Rhode Island (the capital of and largest city in Rhode Island). In 1620, the Pilgrims established Plymouth...
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  • Rhode Island accent" Chris Herren – "with a Fall River accent he bellows" John Pastore Daniel McKee – governor of Rhode Island An ethnic local accent has...
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  • England Accent in a Nutshell". The Heart of New England. "Rhode Island 1". International Dialects of English Archive. 9 November 2012. Age: 34, Providence, Rhode...
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    Schneider Arena (category Buildings and structures in Providence, Rhode Island)
    move the hockey team from its various off-campus arenas, such as the Rhode Island Auditorium, one year after the men's basketball team left its own on-campus...
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    Nicholas Alahverdian (category People from Providence, Rhode Island)
    and nights at one of several shelters around Rhode Island, including locations in Central Falls, Providence, Narragansett, or Woonsocket. Alahverdian said...
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  • merger. In the Atlas of North American English, the city of Providence (the only Rhode Island community sampled by the Atlas) is also distinguished by having...
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    District of Rhode Island located in Providence, Rhode Island. The building also houses a post office. Post offices in cities such as Providence initially...
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    Gaspee affair (category 1772 in Rhode Island)
    Newport, Rhode Island, in 1772. It ran aground in shallow water while chasing the packet boat Hannah on June 9 off of Warwick, Rhode Island. A group of...
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  • Harmony, Incorporated (category Organizations based in Providence, Rhode Island)
    Charlotte Sneddon, Mary Avis Hedges, Jeanne Maino and Mary Perry in Providence, Rhode Island, the organization currently has just under 2000 members in the...
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  • Massachusetts, and Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Galway Kinnell was born in Providence, Rhode Island. Oliver La Farge, a New Englander of French and Narragansett descent...
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  • of Rhode Island Libs. Vol. 134, no. 17. Providence. p. 45. actor Harsh Nayyar conveys the appropriate balance of enthusiasm and pathos, his accent lending...
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  • parts of Vancouver Island where significant pockets of British culture still remain. There are a considerable number of different accents within the regions...
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  • in Rhode Island that was founded by Peter's ancestor, Griffin Peterson. MacFarlane resided in Providence during his time as a student at Rhode Island School...
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  • Peter Griffin (category Fictional characters from Rhode Island)
    family live in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island, which is modeled after Providence, Rhode Island. Peter primarily worked as a safety inspector...
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    Pennsylvania. In Rhode Island, there is a large Dominican population throughout the state, especially Providence County, including the cities of Providence and Pawtucket...
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  • manufacturer Acme Tackle Company, a producer of fishing tackle in Providence, Rhode Island Acme Tools, an American tool and equipment distributor Acme Truck...
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  • prominent Rhode Island and Eastern Massachusetts accent. His wife Lois is a stay-at-home mother and piano teacher, and has a distinct New England accent from...
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  • Hill, Forest Hills, Cottage Hill and Mount Hope.[citation needed] Providence, Rhode Island – Built on Christian Hill, College Hill, Constitution Hill, Federal...
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  • at a Cape Cod, Massachusetts, television station and at WPRI in Providence, Rhode Island. Buccigross' television duties include SportsCenter and Baseball...
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    Marilyn Chambers (category Actresses from Providence, Rhode Island)
    called "porn's most famous crossover". Born Marilyn Ann Briggs in Providence, Rhode Island, Chambers was raised in Westport, Connecticut, in a middle-class...
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    troupes of costumed wrestlers at venues such as Fort Thunder in Providence, Rhode Island. Borden has created more than 120 monster costumes, which he keeps...
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  • Ramon Perez (politician) (category Hispanic and Latino American state legislators in Rhode Island)
    in Providence, Rhode Island. Perez was an unsuccessful candidate for the Rhode Island Senate in 2012 and 2014. In 2016, he was elected to the Rhode Island...
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    Kentucky Tennessee Miss. Ala. Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York Pennsylvania New Jersey ——————— (D.C.) Delaware...
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    grandmother. Ethel Owens Almy was interred in Swan Point Cemetery in Providence, Rhode Island, next to her mother, Katherine Lawlor Wait. "Pamela Britton, 'Blondie'...
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    syndicated live to a number of different markets in the US such as Providence, Rhode Island; Miami and Orlando, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; Hartford, Connecticut;...
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  • Lois Griffin (category Fictional characters from Rhode Island)
    city of Quahog, Rhode Island, which is modeled after Cranston, Rhode Island. Lois speaks with a distinctive nasal New England accent. In the episode "A...
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  • stadium in Rhode Island. The group ultimately identified The "Tockwotton" waterfront in East Providence, Rhode Island, The Port of Providence waterfront...
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