Amherst
Western Massachusetts town
Amherst is a town in western Massachusetts, home to Amherst College and the University of Massachusetts flagship campus.
The name also belongs to towns in New Hampshire, Nova Scotia, and elsewhere.
All are named for Lord Jeffery Amherst, an 18th-century British military commander whose legacy includes the proposed use of smallpox-infected blankets against Native Americans.
Massachusetts flagship campus
- liberal artsNon-vocational higher education
- campusInstitutional grounds and buildings
- undergraduateDegree-seeking college student
- tuitionPayment for instruction
scholarship · professors · students · dormitories · semester · bachelor's · majors · admissions
Northeastern colonial state
- Connecticut RiverLongest New England river
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
- foliagePlant's leafy covering
- mapleSap-yielding hardwood tree
colonial · town common · clapboard · New England charm · Yankee · Hadley · Northampton · Springfield
- HomesteadFlorida city or historic act
- poetryMetrical literary composition
- verseMetered poetic passage
- poemsLiterary works in verse
Robert Frost · recluse · manuscript · letters · archives
Of occupied territories
- French and Indian War1750s colonial North American conflict
- foundingCreating an organization originally
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
preservation · cemetery · historical society · landmark · architecture · Victorian
Central business district
- Main StreetTown's central thoroughfare
- municipalityLocal governing district
- residentsPeople living somewhere
- communityCollective of connected people
zoning · town meeting · farmers market · conservation land · public schools
UMass
Massachusetts flagship campus
- liberal artsNon-vocational higher education
- campusInstitutional grounds and buildings
- undergraduateDegree-seeking college student
tuition · scholarship · professors · students · dormitories · semester · bachelor's · majors · admissions · alumni
Massachusetts
Northeastern colonial state
- Connecticut RiverLongest New England river
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
- foliagePlant's leafy covering
maple · colonial · town common · clapboard · New England charm · Yankee · Hadley · Northampton · Springfield · Pelham
Emily Dickinson
Robert Frost · poems · recluse · manuscript · letters · archives
colonial
Of occupied territories
- French and Indian War1750s colonial North American conflict
- foundingCreating an organization originally
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
heritage · preservation · cemetery · historical society · landmark · architecture · Victorian
downtown
Central business district
- Main StreetTown's central thoroughfare
- municipalityLocal governing district
- residentsPeople living somewhere
community · zoning · town meeting · farmers market · conservation land · public schools
- Massachusetts CollegesHarvard, MIT, Boston College, Boston University, Tufts
- Massachusetts TownsFramingham, Wellesley, Sudbury, Weston, Ashland
- College TownsAnn Arbor, Berkeley, Cambridge, Chapel Hill, Ithaca
- MassachusettsBoston, Cambridge, Cape Cod, Plymouth, Salem
- New EnglandMaine, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut
- 18th-Century GeneralsGeorge Washington, Frederick the Great, Cornwallis, Howe, Burgoyne
AmherstNew York City
America's largest city
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AmherstLas Vegas
Nevada's gambling capital
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AmherstOrange County
Citrus-named jurisdiction
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