MA

female parent, mother - a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother); "the mother of three children"

master's degree - an academic degree higher than a bachelor's degree but lower than a doctor's degree

current unit - a measure of the amount of electric charge flowing past a circuit point at a specific time

amp, ampere, A - the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps"

Lexington and Concord, Lexington, Concord - the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775)

U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

New England - a region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut

Bean Town, Beantown, Boston, capital of Massachusetts, Hub of the Universe - state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services

Cambridge - a city in Massachusetts just to the north of Boston; site of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Concord - town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought

Gloucester - a town in northeastern Massachusetts on Cape Ann to the northeast of Boston; the harbor has been a fishing center for centuries

Lexington - town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought

Medford - town in northeastern Massachusetts; residential suburb of Boston

Pittsfield - a town in western Massachusetts

Springfield - a city and manufacturing center in southwestern Massachusetts on the Connecticut River

Worcester - an industrial and university city in central Massachusetts to the west of Boston

Cape Ann - a Massachusetts peninsula to the north of Boston extending into the Atlantic Ocean

Cape Cod - a Massachusetts peninsula to the south of Boston extending into the Atlantic; a popular resort area

Cape Cod Canal - a canal connecting Cape Cod Bay with Buzzards Bay

Plymouth - a town in Massachusetts founded by Pilgrims in 1620

Salem - a city in northeastern Massachusetts; site of the witchcraft trials in 1692

Williamstown - a town in northwestern Massachusetts

Berkshire Hills, Berkshires - a low mountain range in western Massachusetts; a resort area

Charles River, Charles - a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston

Housatonic, Housatonic River - a river that rises in western Massachusetts and flows south through Connecticut to empty into Long Island Sound

Merrimack, Merrimack River - a river that rises in south central New Hampshire and flows through Concord and Manchester into Massachusetts and empties into the Atlantic Ocean

Taconic Mountains - a range of the Appalachian Mountains along the eastern border of New York with Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont