Massachusetts
See also: Massachusetts'
English
Etymology
From Massachusett Muhsachuweesut, from muhs (“great”) + wachuwees (“hill”) + -ut (“pos=locative suffix”) i.e. the Great Blue Hill of the Wôpanâak people.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmæsəˈt͡ʃuːsɪts/
Audio (US): (file) - (also New England) IPA(key): /ˌmæsəˈtʃuːzɪts/
Proper noun
Massachusetts
- A state of the United States. Capital and largest city: Boston.
- Holonym: New England
- 2019 May 29, Amy Harmon, “Which Box Do You Check? Some States Are Offering a Nonbinary Option”, in The New York Times[1], archived from the original on 8 June 2019:
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
a state of the United States of America
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See also
| States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
| Federal district: Washington, D.C. |
| Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
References
- William Bright, Native American Placenames of the United States (2004)
Further reading
- Massachusetts on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Catalan
Proper noun
Massachusetts m
- Massachusetts (a state of the United States)
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Massachusetts.
Proper noun
Massachusetts (genitive Massachusetts')
- Massachusetts (a state of the United States)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Massachusetts ?
- Massachusetts (a state of the United States)
Finnish
Etymology
From English Massachusetts.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑsɑtʃu(ː)sets/, [ˈmɑ̝s̠ɑ̝t̪ˌʃu(ː)s̠e̞ts̠]
- IPA(key): /ˈmæsætʃy(ː)sets/, [ˈmæs̠æt̪ˌʃy(ː)s̠e̞ts̠] (vowel harmony: ä)
- IPA(key): /ˈmæsætʃu(ː)sets/, [ˈmæs̠æt̪ˌʃu(ː)s̠e̞ts̠]
- Rhymes: -usets
- English pronunciation also used
Proper noun
Massachusetts
- Massachusetts (a state of the United States)
Declension
| Inflection of Massachusetts (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Massachusetts | — | |
| genitive | Massachusettsin | — | |
| partitive | Massachusettsia | — | |
| illative | Massachusettsiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Massachusetts | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Massachusetts | — |
| gen. | Massachusettsin | ||
| genitive | Massachusettsin | — | |
| partitive | Massachusettsia | — | |
| inessive | Massachusettsissa | — | |
| elative | Massachusettsista | — | |
| illative | Massachusettsiin | — | |
| adessive | Massachusettsilla | — | |
| ablative | Massachusettsilta | — | |
| allative | Massachusettsille | — | |
| essive | Massachusettsina | — | |
| translative | Massachusettsiksi | — | |
| abessive | Massachusettsitta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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| Inflection of Massachusetts (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Massachusetts | — | |
| genitive | Massachusettsin | — | |
| partitive | Massachusettsiä | — | |
| illative | Massachusettsiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Massachusetts | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Massachusetts | — |
| gen. | Massachusettsin | ||
| genitive | Massachusettsin | — | |
| partitive | Massachusettsiä | — | |
| inessive | Massachusettsissä | — | |
| elative | Massachusettsistä | — | |
| illative | Massachusettsiin | — | |
| adessive | Massachusettsillä | — | |
| ablative | Massachusettsiltä | — | |
| allative | Massachusettsille | — | |
| essive | Massachusettsinä | — | |
| translative | Massachusettsiksi | — | |
| abessive | Massachusettsittä | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English Massachusetts.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mas.saˈt͡ʃu.sets/
- Rhymes: -usets
Proper noun
Massachusetts m
- Massachusetts (a state of the United States)
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Massachusetts, from Massachusett muswachꝏsut (massadchᵫset, “big mountain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.saˈt͡ʂju.sɛts/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -usɛts
- Syllabification: Ma‧ssa‧chu‧setts
Proper noun
Massachusetts n (indeclinable)
- Massachusetts (a state of the United States)
Further reading
- Massachusetts in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Massachusetts.
Proper noun
Massachusetts m
- Massachusetts (a state of the United States)
Romanian
Proper noun
Massachusetts n
- Massachusetts (a state of the United States)
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmeset͡ʃuːset͡s]
Proper noun
Massachusetts n (genitive singular Massachusetts)
- Massachusetts (a state of the United States)
References
- “Massachusetts”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /masaˈt͡ʃusets/ [ma.saˈt͡ʃu.set̪s]
- Rhymes: -usets
- Syllabification: Mas‧sa‧chu‧setts
Proper noun
Massachusetts m
- Massachusetts (a state of the United States)
Related terms
- massachusettense
See also
- Massachusetts on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es