Massachusett
Boston, Providence, Worcester and the Cape. The Massachusett lived around the Blue Hills south of Boston, and their word for the place gave Massachusetts its name. This version just drops the English plural.
- Zone
- Sun Standard Time, UTC−5
- Biggest city
- Boston
- Sun highest
- 11:44 on the clock in Boston, all year
- People
- about 8.4 million
- Covers roughly
- eastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island, southern New Hampshire
- Named for
- Massachusett, Wampanoag, Narragansett, Nipmuc
- Meaning
- at the great hill (the Blue Hills)
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