Massachusetts

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From Massachusett Muhsachuweesut, from muhs(“great”) +‎ wachuwees(“hill”) +‎ -ut(“locative suffix”) i.e. the Great Blue Hill of the Wôpanâak people.


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Massachusetts

U.S. state; the word is plural, originally (1614) a name for the Algonquian native people who lived around the bay, from Algonquian Massachusett "at the large hill," in reference to Great Blue Hill, southwest of Boston. Related: Massachusettensian.