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Boston ( pronounced ) is the ___MASK53___ and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States . Boston is also the seat of Suffolk County , although the county ___MASK85___ was disbanded on July 1 , 1999 . The city proper covers with an estimated population of 667 , 137 in 2015 , making it the largest city in New England and the 23rd most populous city in the United States . The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston , a Metropolitan Statistical Area ( MSA ) home to a census - estimated 4 . 7 million people in 2014 and ranking as the tenth - largest such area in the country . Alternately , as a Combined Statistical Area ( CSA ), this wider commuting region is home to some 8 . 1 million people , making it the sixth - largest as such in the United States . Connecticut is the southernmost ___MASK43___ in the New ___MASK90___ region of the northeastern United States . Connecticut is also often grouped along with New York and New Jersey as the Tri - State Area . It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east , Massachusetts to the north , New York to the west , and Long Island ___MASK42___ to the south . Its capital city is Hartford , and its most populous city is Bridgeport . The ___MASK43___ is named for the Connecticut River , a major U . S . river that approximately bisects the ___MASK43___ . The word " Connecticut " is derived from various anglicized spellings of an Algonquian word for " long tidal river ". New Hampshire is a ___MASK43___ in the New ___MASK90___ region of the northeastern United States . It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south , Vermont to the west , Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east , and the Canadian ___MASK93___ of Quebec to the north . New Hampshire is the 5th smallest by land area and the 9th least populous of the 50 United States . Greater Boston is the ___MASK10___ ___MASK55___ of New ___MASK90___ encompassing the municipality of Boston , the ___MASK53___ of the U . S . state of Massachusetts and the most populous city in New ___MASK90___ , as well as its surrounding areas . The ___MASK55___ forms the northern arc of the U . S . northeast megalopolis and as such , Greater Boston can be described as either a ___MASK10___ statistical area ( MSA ), or as a broader ___MASK47___ ( CSA ). The MSA consists of most of the eastern third of Massachusetts , excluding the South Coast ___MASK55___ and Cape Cod ; while the CSA additionally includes the municipalities of Manchester ( the largest city in the U . S . state of New Hampshire ), Providence ( the ___MASK53___ of the U . S . state of Rhode Island ), Worcester , Massachusetts ( the second largest city in New ___MASK90___ ), as well as the South Coast ___MASK55___ and Cape Cod in Massachusetts . Greater Boston ' s most impactful contributions to human civilization involve the ___MASK55___ ' s higher education institutions and sports culture . Greater Boston also constitutes a ___MASK55___ influential upon American history and industry . The ___MASK55___ and the state of Massachusetts are global leaders in biotechnology , engineering , higher education , finance , and maritime trade . The Northeastern United States , also referred to as the American Northeast or simply the Northeast , is a ___MASK98___ ___MASK55___ of the United States of America bordered to the north by Canada , to the east by the Atlantic ___MASK91___ , to the south by the Southern United States , and to the west by the Midwestern United States . The Northeast is one of the four regions defined by the ___MASK100___ Bureau for the collection and analysis of statistics . The ___MASK100___ Bureau - defined ___MASK55___ has a total area of with of that being land mass . Though lacking a unified cultural identity , the Northeastern ___MASK55___ is the nation ' s most economically developed , densely populated , and culturally diverse ___MASK55___ . Of the nation ' s four ___MASK100___ regions , the Northeast is the second most urban , with 85 percent of its population residing in urban areas , led by the West with 90 percent . Massachusetts ; officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , is the most populous ___MASK43___ in the New ___MASK90___ region of the northeastern United States . It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east , the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island to the south , New Hampshire and Vermont to the north , and New York to the west . The ___MASK43___ is named for the Massachusett tribe , which once inhabited the area . The ___MASK53___ of Massachusetts and the most populous city in New ___MASK90___ is Boston . Over 80 % of Massachusetts ' population lives in the Greater Boston metropolitan area , a region influential upon American ___MASK26___ , academia , and industry . Originally dependent on agriculture , fishing and trade , Massachusetts was transformed into a manufacturing center during the Industrial Revolution . During the 20th century , Massachusetts ' economy shifted from manufacturing to services . Modern Massachusetts is a global leader in biotechnology , engineering , higher education , finance , and maritime trade . Rhode ___MASK4___ , officially the State of Rhode ___MASK4___ and Providence Plantations , is a state in the New ___MASK90___ region of the northeastern United States . Rhode ___MASK4___ is the smallest in area , the eighth least populous , and the second most densely populated of the 50 U . S . states , following New Jersey . Its official name is also the longest of any state in the Union . Rhode ___MASK4___ is bordered by Connecticut to the west , Massachusetts to the north and east , and the Atlantic Ocean to the south via Rhode ___MASK4___ ___MASK42___ and Block ___MASK4___ ___MASK42___ . The state also shares a short maritime border with New York . Biotechnology is the use of living systems and organisms to develop or make products , or " any technological ___MASK21___ that uses biological systems , living organisms , or derivatives thereof , to make or modify products or processes for specific use " ( UN Convention on Biological Diversity , Art . 2 ). Depending on the tools and applications , it often overlaps with the ( related ) fields of bioengineering , biomedical engineering , biomanufacturing , molecular engineering , etc . Vermont is a ___MASK43___ in the New ___MASK90___ region of the northeast United States . It borders the other U . S . states of Massachusetts to the south , New Hampshire to the east , New York to the west , and the Canadian ___MASK93___ of Quebec to the north . ___MASK16___ Champlain forms half of Vermont ' s western border with the ___MASK43___ of New York and the Green Mountains run north - south the length of the ___MASK43___ . ___MASK59___ is the ___MASK21___ of mathematics and scientific , economic , social , and practical knowledge in order to invent , innovate , design , build , maintain , research , and improve structures , machines , tools , systems , components , materials , processes , solutions , and organizations . A " ___MASK10___ ___MASK57___ ", sometimes referred to as a " metro ___MASK57___ " or just " metro ", is a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less - populated surrounding territories , ___MASK83___ ___MASK30___ , infrastructure , and housing . A metro ___MASK57___ usually comprises multiple jurisdictions and municipalities : neighborhoods , townships , boroughs , cities , towns , exurbs , suburbs , counties , districts , states , and even nations like the eurodistricts . As social , economic and political institutions have changed , ___MASK10___ areas have become key economic and political regions . Metropolitan areas include one or more urban areas , as well as satellite cities , towns and intervening rural areas that are socio - economically tied to the urban core , typically measured by commuting patterns . New ___MASK90___ is a ___MASK98___ region comprising six states of the northeast United States : Connecticut , Maine , Massachusetts , New Hampshire , Rhode Island , and Vermont . It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and south , and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north , respectively . The Atlantic Ocean is to the east and southeast , and Long Island ___MASK42___ is to the south . Boston is its largest city . Its largest metropolitan area is Greater Boston , which also includes Worcester ( the second - largest city in New ___MASK90___ ), Manchester ( the largest city in New Hampshire ), and Providence ( the capital and largest city of Rhode Island ), with nearly a third of the entire region ' s population . The ___MASK84___ was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the ___MASK64___ from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840 . This transition included going from hand production methods to machines , new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes , improved efficiency of ___MASK72___ power , the increasing use of steam power , the development of machine tools and the rise of the factory system . Textiles were the dominant industry of the ___MASK84___ in terms of employment , value of output and capital invested ; the textile industry was also the first to use modern production methods . The ___MASK84___ began in Great Britain and most of the important technological innovations were British . The social , economic and political changes in the previous centuries in Great Britain contributed . Whereas absolutism stayed the normal form of power execution through most parts of Europe , institutions ensured ___MASK95___ rights and political safety to the people in the UK after the Glorious Revolution of 1688 . Aided by these legal and cultural foundations , an entrepreneurial spirit and consumer revolution drove industrialisation in Britain , which would be emulated in countries around the world . A change in marrying patterns to getting married later made people able to accumulate more human capital during their youth , thereby encouraging economic development . ___MASK94___ is a ___MASK12___ that deals with the study of investments . It includes the dynamics of assets and liabilities over ___MASK14___ under conditions of different degrees of uncertainty and risk . ___MASK94___ can also be defined as the science of ___MASK69___ management . ___MASK94___ aims to price assets based on their risk level and their expected rate of return . ___MASK94___ can be broken into three different sub - categories : public finance , corporate finance and personal finance . Walker Pond is a body of ___MASK72___ in Sturbridge , Massachusetts , situated off Route 49 on the way to Wells State Park . The Massachusett are a Native American ___MASK89___ who historically lived in areas surrounding Massachusetts ___MASK1___ , as well as northeast and southern Massachusetts in what is now the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , including present - day Greater Boston . Tribal members spoke the Massachusett language , which is part of the Algonquian language family . The present - day U . S state of Massachusetts is named after the tribe . The Atlantic ___MASK91___ is the second largest of the world ' s oceans with a total area of about . It covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth ' s ___MASK18___ and about 29 percent of its ___MASK72___ ___MASK18___ area . It separates the " Old World " from the " New World ".