It borders on the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Maine to the east, Connecticut and Rhode Island to the south, New Hampshire and Vermont to the north and New York to the west. Massachusetts ( / ˌ m æ s ə ˈ tʃ uː s ɪ t s/ ( listen), /- z ɪ t s/), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the United States.
