Massachusetts
/ˌmæsəˈtʃuːsɪts/- a state in the north-eastern US, on the Atlantic coast; pop. 6,497,967 (est. 2008); capital, Boston. Settled by the Pilgrim Fathers in 1620, it was a centre of resistance to the British before becoming one of the original thirteen states of the Union (1788).马萨诸塞州（美国东北部一州, 临大西洋海岸; 2008年估计人口6,497,967; 首府波士顿; 清教徒先辈们于1620年到此定居, 抗英运动的中心, 后成为美国最早的13个州之一[1788]）。