Massachusetts Bay

American  

noun

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

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Massachusetts Bay British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

He could have called this idea Winthropism, since he identifies John Winthrop—the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the first half of the 17th century—as its earliest proponent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Catholic Charities Boston is the first organization to be awarded a grant to provide temporary rooms to extremely low-income families with children and pregnant individuals, the United Way of Massachusetts Bay announced this week.

From Washington Times • Nov. 24, 2023

The term harkens back to a group of the country's earliest European immigrants — the Puritans — who established the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 17th century.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2022

Seal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, around 1672.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz