Associations to the word «Massachusetts»

Wiktionary

MASSACHUSETTS, proper noun. A state of the United States of America Capital: Boston.
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, proper noun. A private university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Dictionary definition

MASSACHUSETTS, noun. A state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies.
MASSACHUSETTS, noun. A member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived around Massachusetts Bay.
MASSACHUSETTS, noun. One of the British colonies that formed the United States.
MASSACHUSETTS, noun. The Algonquian language of the Massachuset.

Wise words

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