massachusetts

Noun massachusetts has 4 senses

• massachusetts(n = noun.location) bay state, ma, old colony - a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies;
is a kind of american state
is a part of america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa, new england
has parts: bean town, beantown, boston, capital of massachusetts, hub of the universe, cambridge, concord, gloucester, lexington, medford, pittsfield, springfield, worcester, cape ann, cape cod, cape cod canal, plymouth, salem, williamstown, berkshire hills, berkshires, charles, charles river, housatonic, housatonic river, merrimack, merrimack river, taconic mountains

• massachusetts(n = noun.person) massachuset - a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived around Massachusetts Bay;
is a kind of algonquian, algonquin

• massachusetts(n = noun.location) massachusetts bay colony - one of the British colonies that formed the United States;
is a kind of colony

• massachusetts(n = noun.communication) massachuset - the Algonquian language of the Massachuset;
is a kind of algonquian, algonquian language, algonquin