Meanings
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived around Massachusetts Bay
nounthe Algonquian language of the Massachuset
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- MassachusettMuhsachuweesut
- EnglishMassachusetts
From Massachusett Muhsachuweesut, from muhs (“great”) + wachuwees (“hill”) + -ut (locative suffix) i.e. the Great Blue Hill of the Wôpanâak people.
More words from Massachusett
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Arabic مَاسَتْشُوسِتْس
- مَاسَتْشُوسِتْس (māsatšūsits)a state of the United States of America
Bengali ম্যাসাচুসেট্স
- ম্যাসাচুসেট্স (mêśacuśeṭs)a state of the United States of America
Chinese Cantonese 麻省
- 麻省 (maa⁴ saang²)a state of the United States of America
Chinese Mandarin 麻薩諸塞 /麻萨诸塞
- 麻薩諸塞 /麻萨诸塞 (Másàzhūsài)a state of the United States of America
Czech Massachusetts
- Massachusettsa state of the United States of America
Danish Massachusetts
- Massachusettsa state of the United States of America
Dutch Massachusetts
- Massachusettsa state of the United States of America
Esperanto Masaĉuseco
- Masaĉusecoa state of the United States of America
Finnish Massachusetts
- Massachusettsa state of the United States of America
French Massachusetts
- Massachusettsa state of the United States of America
German Massachusetts
- Massachusettsa state of the United States of America
Greek Μασαχουσέτη
- Μασαχουσέτη (Masachouséti)a state of the United States of America
Hawaiian Makakukeka
- Makakukekaa state of the United States of America
Hebrew מסצ׳וסטס
- מסצ׳וסטסa state of the United States of America
Hindi मैसाचूसिट्स
- मैसाचूसिट्स (maisācūsiṭs)a state of the United States of America
Italian Massachusetts
- Massachusettsa state of the United States of America
Japanese マサチューセッツ
- マサチューセッツ (Masachūsettsu)a state of the United States of America
Korean 매사추세츠
- 매사추세츠 (Maesachusecheu)a state of the United States of America
Latvian Masačūsetsa
- Masačūsetsaa state of the United States of America
Lithuanian Masačusetsas
- Masačusetsasa state of the United States of America
Persian ماساچوست
- ماساچوست (mâsâčuset)a state of the United States of America
Polish Massachusetts
- Massachusettsa state of the United States of America
Portuguese Massachusetts
- Massachusettsa state of the United States of America
Russian Массачу́сетс
- Массачу́сетс (Massačúsɛts)a state of the United States of America
Spanish Massachusetts
- Massachusettsa state of the United States of America
Swedish Massachusetts
- Massachusettsa state of the United States of America
Tamil மாசச்சூசெட்ஸ், மாசசூசெட்ஸ்
- மாசச்சூசெட்ஸ் (mācaccūceṭs)a state of the United States of America
- மாசசூசெட்ஸ் (mācacūceṭs)a state of the United States of America
Thai แมสซาชูเซตส์
- แมสซาชูเซตส์ (mɛ́t-saa-chuu-sèet)a state of the United States of America
Turkish Massachusetts
- Massachusettsa state of the United States of America
Ukrainian Массачу́сетс
- Массачу́сетс (Massačúsets)a state of the United States of America
Yiddish מאַסאַטשוסעטס
- מאַסאַטשוסעטס (masatshusets)a state of the United States of America
Cite this entry
Massachusetts. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Massachusetts
“Massachusetts.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Massachusetts. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Massachusetts,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Massachusetts.
Source: Massachusetts on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.