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Massachusetts (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 15 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.2500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 071 50 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -71.8333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Settled by Amerindians by 2nd mill. BCE; Norsemen may have landed here in 1003; Europeans fished here in 16th cen.; Plymouth Colony established by English in 1620; played key role in Revolution; was intellectual center of nation until mid-19th cen. |
Names: |
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| Massachusetts (preferred,C,V,English-P)
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............ | derived from Algonkian word meaning "large-hill-place," originally designating a village in the area |
| Massachusetts (French)
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| MA (C,V,USPS)
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| מסצ'וסטס (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Bay State (C,U,English)
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| Commonwealth of Massachusetts (C,U,English)
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| Makakukeka (C,U,Hawaiian)
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| Masachosèt (C,U,Haitian (Haitian Creole))
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| Másáchusẹts (C,U,Igbo)
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| Masaĉuseco (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Masačūsetsa (C,U,Latvian)
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| Masačusetsas (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Masačusetsos (C,U,Samogitian)
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| Mà-sat-chû-set (C,U,Chinese, Hakka)
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| Masatsusets (C,U,Tagalog)
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| Massachuséts Shitati (C,U,Uyghur)
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| Massachusetta (C,U,Latin)
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| Massachusetts suyu (C,U,Ayamará)
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| Massachusetts suyu (Quechuan)
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| Massaçusets (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| Méésíchóoshish Hahoodzo (C,U,Navajo)
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| Массачусетс (C,U,Tatar)
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| Массачусетс (Ukrainian)
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| Массачусетс (Russian)
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| Массачусетс (Chechen)
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| Массачусетс (Kazakh)
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| Массачусетс (Bashkir)
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| Массачусетс (Chuvash)
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| Массачусетс (Ossetian/Ossetic)
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| Массачусетс (Russia Buriat)
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| Массачусетс (Western Mari)
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| म्यासेच्युसेट्स (C,U,Pali)
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| Մասսաչուսեթս (C,U,Armenian)
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| ماساتشوستس (C,U,Arabic, Egyptian)
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| ماساتشوستس (Arabic)
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| Масачуусиц (C,U,Kalmyk)
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| Масачусетс (C,U,Macedonian)
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| Масачусетс (Serbian)
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| รัฐแมสซาชูเซตส์ (C,U,Thai)
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| ਮੈਸਾਚੂਸਟਸ (C,U,Panjabi, Eastern)
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| மாசச்சூசெட்ஸ் (C,U,Tamil)
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| მასაჩუსეტსი (C,U,Georgian)
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| მასაჩუსეტსი (Mingrelian)
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| म्यासेचुसेट्स (C,U,Nepali)
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| 马萨诸塞 (C,U,Chinese, Wu)
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| မက်ဆာချူးဆက်ပြည်နယ် (C,U,Burmese)
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| ম্যাসাচুসেট্স (C,U,Bishnupriya Manipuri)
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| ম্যাসাচুসেট্স (Bengali)
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| Садружнасць Масачусетс (C,U,Belarusian)
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| म्यासेच्युसेत्स (C,U,Newari)
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| ማሣቹሰትስ (C,U,Amharic)
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| मासेचुसेट्स (C,U,Hindi)
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| मॅसेच्युसेट्स (C,U,Marathi)
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| מאסאטשוסעטס (C,U,Yiddish)
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| 麻省 (C,U,Chinese, Yue)
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| 매사추세츠 주 (C,U,Korean)
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| Масачузетс (C,U,Bulgarian)
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| ᒫᓵᓲᓰᑦᔅ (C,U,Inuktitut)
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| Массачусеттс (C,U,Yakut)
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| Массачусеттс (Mongolian)
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| मासचुसेट्स (C,U,Sanskrit)
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| ܡܐܣܐܬܫܘܣܬܣ (C,U,Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE))
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| マサチューセッツ州 (C,U,Japanese)
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| ماساچوست (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| ماساچوست (Mazanderani)
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| میساچوسٹس (C,U,Urdu)
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| Μασαχουσέτη (C,U,Greek)
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| מסצוסטס (C,U,Hebrew )
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| മസാച്യുസെറ്റ്സ് (C,U,Malayalam)
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| ماساچوسئت (C,U,Northern Luri)
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| ماساچوست ایالتی (C,U,Azerbaijani, South)
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| میساچیوسٹس (C,U,Panjabi, Western)
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| 麻薩諸塞州 (C,U,Chinese)
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| ماساچووسیتس (C,U,Central Kurdish)
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Place Types: |
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| state (preferred, B) |
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since February 6, 1788 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Boston .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States, Massachusetts, Suffolk county) [7013445] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Commonwealth of Massachusetts.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 6254926 |
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