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massachusetts

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A (USstate) Capital: Boston.
  • Derived terms

    * MA * Massachusettsan * Massachusettsian * Massachusite

    See also

    * * Bay Stater

    References

    * William Bright, Native American Placenames of the United States (2004)

    springfield

    English

    Proper noun

    (wikipedia Springfield) (en proper noun)
  • Any of several towns, including the following:
  • # The capital of Illinois.
  • # A major Massachusetts city where basketball was invented in 1891.
  • # A major city in the Ozark mountain region of Missouri.
  • The fictional town in which (The Simpsons) is set.