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how did the colony of massachusetts get its name
Massachusetts was named after an Algonquian tribe, the Massachusett, which translates to something along the lines of people of the great hill or at the place of large hills.“
do the massachusett people still exist today
The majority of the Massachusett people today continue to inhabit their traditional homeland of Greater Boston, with particular concentrations in the communities of Stoughton, Canton, Mansfield, Framingham and Bridgewater.

Question: what language did the people speak
Self-contained rewrite: what language did the massachusett people speak