HOW TO PRONOUNCE
massachusetts
/ˌmæsəˈtʃusəts/
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Keep the final t-s together.
The third syllable has the main stress here. Let the ending remain light, and finish with t followed by s without another vowel.
4 syllables · Stress on syllable 3
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“They live in western Massachusetts.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does massachusetts mean?
proper noun
- A state of the United States. Capital and largest city: Boston.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌmæsəˈtʃusəts/
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I really did not, at that time, know that there was a state of New York, or a state of Massachusetts.
A note couched in precise terms, containing special interrogatories, was then drawn up and addressed to the Observatory of Cambridge in Massachusetts.
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There was a wilderness of woods, and the gleam of a distant river, and a glimpse of half the hill-tops in Massachusetts.
The Governor of Massachusetts *p appoints a certain number of justices of the peace in every county, whose functions last seven years.
Samuel Adams of Massachusetts had been shamefully abused during the canvas, but he felt fully compensated by the touching letter from the president.