Mas·sa·chu·setts
 Massachusetts
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chu
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a northeastern U.S. state on the Atlantic coast north of Connecticut. (abbr.: MA)
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Massachusetts means "at the Great Hill" in an Algonquin language. English settlers named the Massachusetts Bay Colony after the Massachusetts Algonquins who were living there.