# Nantucket

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /nænˈtʌkɪt/ · frequency rank #35,420

## Definitions
1. A resort island south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States, formerly a major whaling port.
2. A census-designated place in the north-middle part of Nantucket in Nantucket County, Massachusetts, comprising about 12% of the land area of the island.
3. Ellipsis of Nantucket County, a combined town and county that includes the island of Nantucket, along with Tuckernuck and Muskeget.

## Etymology
From Massachusett Natocke, Nantican, Nautican, roughly translating as "in the middle of waters".

## Common misspellings (14)
`anntucket`, `nanntucket`, `nantcuket`, `nanttucket`, `nantuccket`, `nantucekt`, `nantuckett`, `nantuckket`, `nantuckte`, `nantukcet`, `nanutcket`, `natnucket`, `nnantucket`, `nnatucket`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nantucket