Massachusetts en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˌmæsəˈtʃuzɪts/ (New-England, also)
- (US) audio
- /ˌmæsəˈt͡ʃuːsɪts/
- /ˌmæsəˈtjusɪts/ (Southern-US, dated)
Etymology
From Massachusett Muhsachuweesut, from muhs (“great”) + wachuwees (“hill”) + -ut (locative suffix) i.e. the Great Blue Hill of the Wôpanâak people.
Meanings
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A state of the United States. Capital and largest city: Boston.
So last summer, when the Massachusetts State Legislature became one of the first in the nation to consider a bill to add an “X” option for nonbinary genders to the “M” and “F” on the state driver’s license, El, 17, was less surprised than some at the maneuver that effectively killed it.
2019 May 29, Amy Harmon, “Which Box Do You Check? Some States Are Offering a Nonbinary Option”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2019:
Deriveds
the Massachusetts of Australia · Commonwealth of Massachusetts · Massachusite · Masshole · MA · Massachusettsian · Taxachusetts · Massachusettsan · Massachusetts Bay · Massachusetts fern
Holonyms
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Translations (45)
cs Massachusetts (a state of the United States of America) · lt Masačusetsas (a state of the United States of America) · es Massachusetts (a state of the United States of America) · ar مَاسَتْشُوسِتْس (a state of the United States of America) · nl Massachusetts (a state of the United States of America) · sv Massachusetts (a state of the United States of America) · uk Массачу́сетс (a state of the United States of America) · lo ແມສຊາຈູແຊັສ (a state of the United States of America) · mk Масачу́сетс (a state of the United States of America) · lo ແມດຊາຊູເຊດ (a state of the United States of America) · haw Makakukeka (a state of the United States of America) · ka მასაჩუსეტსი (a state of the United States of America) · he מסצ׳וסטס (a state of the United States of America) · fr Massachusetts (a state of the United States of America) · lv Masačūsetsa (a state of the United States of America) · eo Masaĉuseco (a state of the United States of America) · pt Massachusetts (a state of the United States of America) · pl Massachusetts (a state of the United States of America) · ja マサチューセッツ (a state of the United States of America) · tr Massachusetts (a state of the United States of America) · it Massachusetts (a state of the United States of America) · ko 매사추세츠 (a state of the United States of America) · ta மாசச்சூசெட்ஸ் (a state of the United States of America) · yue 麻省 (a state of the United States of America) · hy Մասաչուսեթս (a state of the United States of America) · fa ماساچوست (a state of the United States of America) · ru Массачу́сетс (a state of the United States of America) · ta மாசசூசெட்ஸ் (a state of the United States of America) · fi Massachusetts (a state of the United States of America) · ug ماسساچۇسېتس (a state of the United States of America) · nv Méésíchóoshish hahoodzo (a state of the United States of America) · gl Massachusetts (a state of the United States of America) · da Massachusetts (a state of the United States of America) · yi מאַסאַטשוסעטס (a state of the United States of America) · hi मैसाचूसिट्स (a state of the United States of America) · co Massachusetts (a state of the United States of America) · cmn 麻薩諸塞 /麻萨诸塞 (a state of the United States of America) · li Massachusetts (a state of the United States of America) · th แมสซาชูเซตส์ (a state of the United States of America) · el Μασαχουσέτη (a state of the United States of America) · be Масачусетс (a state of the United States of America) · bn ম্যাসাচুসেট্স (a state of the United States of America) · de Massachusetts (a state of the United States of America) · km ម៉ាសាឈូសេត (a state of the United States of America) · lo ແມຊາຈູເຊດ (a state of the United States of America)