Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bay state

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.69 in modern English

Syllables: bay s-tate
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Official nickname for Massachusetts: a state of the United States.

Etymology

Massachusetts was originally known as the Colony of Massachusetts Bay.

Inflected Forms

the Bay State (canonical)

Phrases

Bay Stater

Questions

What does bay state mean?: Official nickname for Massachusetts: a state of the United States.
Where does bay state come from?: Massachusetts was originally known as the Colony of Massachusetts Bay.

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