Massachusetts

Mas·sa·chu·setts  (ms-chsts) Abbr. MA or Mass.

A state of the northeast United States. It was admitted as one of the original Thirteen Colonies in 1788. The first European settlement was made by the Pilgrims of the Mayflower in 1620. Governed by the Massachusetts Bay Company from 1629 until 1684, the colony was a leader in the move for independence from Great Britain and the site of the first battles of the Revolutionary War in 1775. Boston is the capital and the largest city. Population: 6,450,000.

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Massachusetts [ˌmæsəˈtʃuːsɪts]

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(Placename) a state of the northeastern US, on the Atlantic: a centre of resistance to English colonial policy during the War of American Independence; consists of a coastal plain rising to mountains in the west. Capital: Boston. Pop.: 6 349 097 (2000 est.). Area: 20 269 sq. km (7826 sq. miles) Abbreviations Mass (with zip code), MA

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Noun	1.	Massachusetts - a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies Bay State, 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
	2.	Massachusetts - a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived around Massachusetts Bay Massachuset Algonquian, Algonquin - a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast
	3.	Massachusetts - one of the British colonies that formed the United States Massachusetts Bay Colony
	4.	Massachusetts - the Algonquian language of the Massachuset Massachuset Algonquian language, Algonquin, Algonquian - family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains