noun (n)

• a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies(noun.location)

  Synonym:
  bay state, granite state, ma, massachusetts, nh, old colony
  

  source: wordnet30
• one of the British colonies that formed the United States(noun.location)

  Synonym:
  connecticut, delaware, georgia, maryland, massachusetts, massachusetts bay colony, new jersey, new york, north carolina, pennsylvania, rhode island, south carolina, virginia
  

  source: wordnet30