| Boston |
the capital of Massachusetts. |
| Cape Cod |
a peninsula on the southern coast of Massachusetts. [1/2 definitions] |
| Connecticut |
a northeastern U.S. state south of Massachusetts. (abbr.: CT) |
| CT |
abbreviation of "Connecticut," a northeastern U.S. state south of Massachusetts. |
| General Court |
the state legislature of Massachusetts or New Hampshire. [1/2 definitions] |
| Harvard University |
an Ivy League university in the U.S. founded in 1636 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, considered a world center for research and scholarship. |
| MA |
abbreviation of "Massachusetts," a northeastern U.S. state on the Atlantic coast north of Connecticut. |
| Massachuset |
a member of an Indian tribe that lived in the region of Massachusetts. [1/2 definitions] |
| mayflower |
(cap.) the ship that in 1620 transported Pilgrims from Plymouth, England to the continent of North America at a point that is now Cape Cod in Massachusetts. [1/2 definitions] |
| Mount Holyoke |
a women's liberal arts college located in Massachusetts and founded in 1837. |
| New England |
the six northeasternmost U.S. states; Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. |
| Patuxet |
Wampanoag village in southeastern Massachusetts whose inhabitants nearly all died of illness between 1616 and 1618. In 1620, English colonists established Plymouth Colony at the site of this village. |
| Pilgrim Fathers |
the group of Puritans who founded the colony of Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620. |
| Plimoth |
spelling of "Plymouth" originally used by English colonists who settled the Massachusetts area. (See Plymouth.) |
| Plymouth |
a U.S. town in southeastern Massachusetts. In 1620, English colonists known as the Pilgrims established a settlement called Plymouth Colony in this location, which later became the town of Plymouth. |
| Provincetown |
a U.S. town at the tip of Cape Cod in southeastern Massachusetts where English settlers called the Pilgrims first landed in 1620 before sailing to and settling at Plymouth. |
| Rhode Island |
a New England state on the Atlantic coast between Connecticut and Massachusetts. (abbr.: RI) |
| RI |
abbreviation of "Rhode Island," a New England state on the Atlantic coast between Connecticut and Massachusetts. |
| Salem |
a seaport in northeastern Massachusetts, site of witchcraft trials in 1692. [1/2 definitions] |
| Wampanoag |
a tribe of North American Indians living in the northeastern United States in what is now eastern Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. [1/4 definitions] |