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What does Massachusetts mean? Massachusetts comes from the language of the Algonquian Indians of the Massachusetts Bay area - translated roughly as: at or about the great hill. Possible interpretations of the exact origin of the word Massachusetts:
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INDIAN WORD:
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TRANSLATION:
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messatossec
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great hills mouth
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mess or mass
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great
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atsco, as chu, or wad chu
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hill
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sec, sac or saco
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mouth
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massawachusett
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great mountain place
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massa
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great
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wachusett
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mountain place
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moswetuset
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Indian arrowhead*
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*descriptive of the the Great Blue Hill region, south of Boston
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