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Massachusetts Bay

American  

noun

  1. an inlet of the Atlantic, off the E coast of Massachusetts.


Massachusetts Bay British  

noun

  1. an inlet of the Atlantic on the E coast of Massachusetts

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said it transported nearly 20,000 fans by train to the stadium and all arrived at least an hour before kick-off.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

Henry Vane the Younger fled to America from England in 1635 and was elected, at age 23, as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is demanding $80 to ride one of the 14 express trains on the 30-mile trip from downtown Boston to Foxborough for games at Gillette Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

So you can imagine my surprise when I was handed a can of Miller Lite with a dollop of caviar plopped on the rim as I sat on a dock in the Massachusetts Bay.

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2022

There burnt the Sun of Massachusetts Bay above us, the Eye of God too, & the Kelp was around us, & the grassy heaped Hills was before us, where grazed dumb Beasts.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

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