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Bay State

Bay State proper noun: official nickname for Massachusetts: a state of the United States.

Proper noun

the Bay State

  1. Official nickname for Massachusetts: a state of the United States.

Origin of Bay State

Massachusetts was originally known as the Colony of Massachusetts Bay.

Words formed from Bay State

Questions about Bay State

What does Bay State mean?
Bay State means official nickname for Massachusetts: a state of the United States.
What part of speech is Bay State?
Bay State is a proper noun.

Words near Bay State in the dictionary

  1. bay salt
  2. bay salts
  3. Bay Shore
  4. Bay Springs
  5. Bay St. Louis
  6. Bay State
  7. Bay Stater
  8. Bay Staters
  9. Bay Street
  10. bay tree
  11. bay trees

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