English > Massachusetts: 4 senses > noun 1, location| Meaning | A state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies. |
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| Synonyms | Bay State, Old Colony, MA, Mass. |
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| Instance of | American state | One of the 50 states of the United States |
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| Part of | New England | A region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut |
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| United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. | 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 |
| Parts | Berkshires, Berkshire Hills | A low mountain range in western Massachusetts |
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| Boston, Hub of the Universe, Bean Town, Beantown, capital of Massachusetts | state capital and largest city of Massachusetts |
| Cambridge | A city in Massachusetts just to the north 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 |
| Cape Cod Canal | A canal connecting Cape Cod Bay with Buzzards Bay |
| Charles, Charles River | A river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston |
| 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 |
| Housatonic, Housatonic River | A river that rises in western Massachusetts and flows south through Connecticut to empty into Long Island Sound |
| Lexington | town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought |
| Medford | town in northeastern Massachusetts |
| 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 |
| Pittsfield | A town in western Massachusetts |
| Plymouth | A town in Massachusetts founded by Pilgrims in 1620 |
| Salem | A city in northeastern Massachusetts |
| Springfield | A city and manufacturing center in southwestern Massachusetts on the Connecticut River |
| Taconic Mountains | A range of the Appalachian Mountains along the eastern border of New York with Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont |
| Williamstown | A town in northwestern Massachusetts |
| Worcester | An industrial and university city in central Massachusetts to the west of Boston |
| Region of | Lexington, Concord, Lexington and Concord | The first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775) |
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| Spanish | Massachusetts |
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| Catalan | Massachusetts |
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