Massachusetts的词源
英文词源
- Massachusetts




- plural, originally (1614) a name 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.
中文词源
Massachusetts,又译麻省。Mass意为“大的”,chuset是wachusett的改写,意为“山丘”。连在一起就是“大山丘”,原为麻省首府及最大城市波士顿附近的丘陵Blue Hills的别称,后用作殖民地和州的名字。
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