Located in the New England region, and bordered by Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and the Atlantic Ocean, Massachusetts, officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, owes its name to the indigenous population, the Massachusett, which means "the people of the great hills". The capital, as well as the state's largest city, is Boston, one of the oldest cities in the United States (1630), and the scene of several key events of the American Revolution.
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