WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Massachusetts n 1: a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies [syn: Massachusetts, Bay State, Old Colony, MA] 2: a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived around Massachusetts Bay [syn: Massachuset, Massachusetts] 3: one of the British colonies that formed the United States [syn: Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony] 4: the Algonquian language of the Massachuset [syn: Massachuset, Massachusetts]