Bay State

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Massachusetts, which had been called the Colony of Massachusetts Bay; - a nickname.

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Bay State - a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies Massachusetts, Old Colony, MA Lexington and Concord, Lexington, Concord - the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775) U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 New England - a region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut Bean Town, Beantown, Boston, capital of Massachusetts, Hub of the Universe - state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services Cambridge - a city in Massachusetts just to the north of Boston; site of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Concord - town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought Gloucester - a town in northeastern Massachusetts on Cape Ann to the northeast of Boston; the harbor has been a fishing center for centuries Lexington - town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought Medford - town in northeastern Massachusetts; residential suburb of Boston Pittsfield - a town in western Massachusetts Springfield - a city and manufacturing center in southwestern Massachusetts on the Connecticut River Worcester - an industrial and university city in central Massachusetts to the west of Boston Cape Ann - a Massachusetts peninsula to the north of Boston extending into the Atlantic Ocean Cape Cod - a Massachusetts peninsula to the south of Boston extending into the Atlantic; a popular resort area Cape Cod Canal - a canal connecting Cape Cod Bay with Buzzards Bay Plymouth - a town in Massachusetts founded by Pilgrims in 1620 Salem - a city in northeastern Massachusetts; site of the witchcraft trials in 1692 Williamstown - a town in northwestern Massachusetts Berkshire Hills, Berkshires - a low mountain range in western Massachusetts; a resort area Charles River, Charles - a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston Housatonic, Housatonic River - a river that rises in western Massachusetts and flows south through Connecticut to empty into Long Island Sound Merrimack, Merrimack River - a river that rises in south central New Hampshire and flows through Concord and Manchester into Massachusetts and empties into the Atlantic Ocean Taconic Mountains - a range of the Appalachian Mountains along the eastern border of New York with Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont