Massachusetts
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- proper noun
- /ˌmæsəˈtʃuːsɪts/
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Massachusetts
- The great thing about Massachusetts sports fans is they aren't bitter.
- state of Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Massachusetts science and technology
He wants to be here in Massachusetts, be at home and just be quiet.
- He wants to be here in Massachusetts, be at home and just be quiet.
- There was nothing in the Massachusetts plan to deal with cost.
- Thoreau's own conclusion in his essay on slavery in Massachusetts was a hopeful.
- He's a Democrat in Massachusetts who has now come out.
- I, yeah, haven't done that in Massachusetts, put it this way.
- He said normally deer in Massachusetts don't starve.
- And because he's in Massachusetts, he's actually conferring something.
- Thank you from Peabody, thank you from Massachusetts for being the person that you are.
- But obviously my experience is working within the US and so here in Massachusetts, it's completely free.
- Go to Six Flags in Massachusetts, man, it's a great place.
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Today, we're starting it off with Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Suresh most recently served as dean of the School of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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But obviously my experience is working within the US and so here in Massachusetts, it's completely free.
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You grew up in Massachusetts right outside of Boston.
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There were three, led by the junior senator from Massachusetts.
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That was the the ruling of the Massachusetts Supreme Court.
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Our own former governor of Massachusetts, Duvall Patrick.
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A total of 1,582 refugee children arrived in Massachusetts during the study period.
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Luckily, we have one of the best 4A gymnasts in Massachusetts.
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Today, I visited the historic sites in Massachusetts, including the Freedom Trail in Boston.
Synonyms
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A state in the northeastern United States with capital Boston
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A nickname for the United States state of Massachusetts known for its coast and history
A state in the northeast of the United States with Boston as its capital
Compounds
A famous university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for engineering and science
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A British colony in the early 1600s centered on what is now Massachusetts
A delicate fern with feathery leaves that grows in the eastern United States
A language once spoken by the Massachusett people in eastern Massachusetts that no one now speaks
Surface Forms
Etymology
Massachusetts comes from the name of the local Native American people, whose word Massachusett meant 'at the great hill' and pointed to the Blue Hills near Boston. So the state was named after that people and the place they lived.