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Massachusetts

ma-suh-CHOO-sihts
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A US state in New England; capital and largest city Boston.
"They spent the fall in Massachusetts to see the changing leaves."

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In plain EnglishA New England state named after an Indigenous word for a nearby hill.

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Etymology

From the Massachusett language, meaning roughly "at the great hill," referring to the Blue Hills near Boston.

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