What is Hyannis, Massachusetts?
'''Hyannis''' {{IPAc-en|ˌ|h|aɪ|ˈ|æ|n|ɪ|s}} is the largest of the seven villages in the town of [[Barnstable, Massachusetts]], in the United States. It is the commercial and transportation hub of [[Cape Cod]].<ref>City of Barnstable (1997) Comprehensive Plan, Section 4.0 - Community Facilities and Services, retrieved 4/17/2007 {{cite web |url=http://town.barnstable.ma.us/GrowthManagement/ComprehensivePlanning/LCP/Draft1997/SEC-4F.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2007-04-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070615152924/http://town.barnstable.ma.us/GrowthManagement/ComprehensivePlanning/LCP/Draft1997/SEC-4F.pdf |archive-date=2007-06-15 }}</ref><ref>Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Federal Register (May 1, 2002) Volume 67, Number 84, Page 21964, from the Federal Register Online via GPO Access, wais.access.gpo.gov, DOCID:fr01my02-148, retrieved 5/29/2007 [https://www.census.gov/geo/www/ua/frmay102.txt ]</ref> The village was named after [[Iyannough]], a [[sachem]] of the [[Cummaquid]] tribe.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=2992| title=Profile for Hyannis, Massachusetts| publisher=[[ePodunk]]| access-date=2010-05-21| archive-date=2011-06-09| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609014241/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=2992| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA164 | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=164}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Barnstable County, Massachusetts}} {{US-geo-stub}} [[Category:Villages in Massachusetts]]