massachusetts

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Definition of massachusetts in English Turkish dictionary
massachusetts bay colony: massachusetts defne koloni
massachusetts institute of technology: Massachusetts Teknoloji Enstitüsü
massachusetts trust: massachusetts güven

English - English

Definition of massachusetts in English English dictionary: A state of the United States of America. Capital: Boston; {n} one of the United States; {i} state on the east coast of the USA; A Capital: Boston; MA a state in the northeast of the US which has Boston as its capital city, and was the place where the Pilgrim Fathers first landed in America. It was one of the 13 original states of the US, and is famous for its universities, especially Harvard and MIT, and for its coast, which is popular with tourists in the summer. officially Commonwealth of Massachusetts State (pop., 2000: 6,349,097), northeastern U.S. One of the New England states, it lies on the Atlantic Ocean and is bordered by Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York. It covers 8,262 sq mi (21,399 sq km); its capital is Boston. The state's soils are poor and rocky, and agriculture plays a limited role in the economy, although cranberry farming is important. The region was inhabited by Algonquian Indian peoples when the first English settler, Bartholomew Gosnold, arrived in 1602. Plymouth was settled by the Pilgrims, who arrived on the Mayflower in 1620. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded and governed by the Massachusetts Bay Co., spurring Puritan settlement. It joined the New England Confederation in 1643 and acquired Maine in 1652. The southeastern and central settlements in the state experienced King Philip's War in 1675. After losing its first charter in 1684, it became part of the Dominion of New England in 1686. Its second charter in 1691 granted the colony jurisdiction over Maine and Plymouth. In the 18th century Massachusetts became a centre of resistance to British colonial policy; it was the scene of the Boston Tea Party and of uprisings at the Battles of Lexington and Concord that marked the beginning of the American Revolution. In 1788, it became the sixth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. It was in the forefront of the 19th century Industrial Revolution and was known for its textile mills. Today its major industries are electronics, high technology, and communications. It is well-known as the location of many institutions of higher learning. Tourism is important especially in the Cape Cod region and the Berkshires. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Massachusetts Bay Colony Massachusetts Institute of Technology; the Algonquian language of the Massachuset people; a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies one of the British colonies that formed the United States; one of the British colonies that formed the United States; a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived around Massachusetts Bay
Massachusetts Bay: An inlet of the Atlantic Ocean off eastern Massachusetts extending from Cape Ann in the north to Cape Cod in the south
Massachusetts Bay Colony: Early English colony in Massachusetts. It was settled in 1630 by a group of 1,000 Puritan refugees from England (see Puritanism). In 1629 the Massachusetts Bay Co. had obtained an English charter allowing it to trade and colonize in New England. Puritan stockholders envisioned the colony as a refuge from religious persecution in England, and they transferred control of the company to the emigrants in Massachusetts. Led by John Winthrop, the colonists founded their colony on the Charles River at what would become Boston. In 1684 England annulled the company's charter and in 1691 established royal government under a new charter, which merged Plymouth colony and Maine into the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony: colony established by the Puritans in the New World during the early and mid-1600s
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: U.S. private university in Cambridge, famous for its scientific and technological training and research. Founded in 1861, MIT has schools of architecture and planning, engineering, humanities and social sciences, management (the Sloan School), and science and a college of health sciences and technology. Though it is best known for its programs in engineering and the physical sciences, other areas such as economics, political science, urban studies, linguistics, and philosophy are also strong. Among its facilities are a nuclear reactor, a computation centre, geophysical and astrophysical observatories, a linear accelerator, a space research centre, supersonic wind tunnels, an artificial-intelligence laboratory, a centre for cognitive science, and an international-studies centre
Massachusetts trust: style of business organization in which a property is managed by a trustee and investors buy "trust units" (similar to buying stock shares in a company)
massachusetts bay: an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean off of eastern Massachusetts extending from Cape Ann on the north to Cape Cod on the south
massachusetts fern: delicate feathery shield fern of the eastern United States; sometimes placed in genus Thelypteris
massachusetts institute of technology: an engineering university in Cambridge
University of Massachusetts: UMass, large public university system with its main campus in Amherst and 4 satellite campuses throughout the state of Massachusetts (USA)

Turkish - English

Definition of massachusetts in Turkish English dictionary
massachusetts eyaleti: bay state

massachusetts

Hyphenation

Mas·sa·chu·setts

Turkish pronunciation

mäsıçusıts

Pronunciation

/ˌmasəˈʧo͞osəts/ /ˌmæsəˈʧuːsəts/

Etymology

() From Algonquian Massachusetts (“at the large hill”). A reference to the indigenous people who lived around Massachusetts Bay|Massachusetts Bay]] and at Great Blue Hill|Great Blue Hill]].