Submitted NameRevisions Save Type Political Subdivision Usage English (American) Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 8/8/2014 by Fanny Edited 12/30/2014 by Fanny Meaning & History Name of a state in the United States, named for the Algonquian native people who lived around the bay, from Algonquian massachusett "at the large hill," in reference to Great Blue Hill, southwest of Boston.