noun
1.
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 5,737,037; 8257 sq. mi. (21,385 sq. km). Capital: Boston. Abbreviation: MA (for use with zip code), Mass.
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noun, plural Mas·sa·chu·setts, (especially collectively) Mas·sa·chu·sett for 1.
1.
a member of an extinct tribe of North American Indians of eastern Massachusetts.
2.
the extinct Algonquian language of the Massachusett and Wampanoag Indians.
Also, Mas·sa·chu·set, Massachusetts.
Origin:
1610–20, Americanism; the Massachusett name of Great Blue Hill south of Boston, literally, at the big hill
1610–20, Americanism; the Massachusett name of Great Blue Hill south of Boston, literally, at the big hill
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Massachusetts
plural, originally (1614) in ref. to the Algonquian native people who lived around the bay, from Algonquian Massachusett "at the large hill," in ref. to Great Blue Hill, southwest of Boston.
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Massachusetts definition
State in the northeastern United States; one of the New England states. Bordered by Vermont and New Hampshire to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, and New York to the west. Its capital and largest city is Boston.
Note: One of the thirteen colonies, playing a key role in resisting the British before and during the Revolutionary War.
Note: The settlement of Massachusetts began in 1620, when the first Pilgrims arrived from England in the Mayflower near Plymouth Rock.
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