Old Colony
Noun
Meaning
a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies
Source: WordNetSynonyms
Examples
What had started as a St. Patrick’s Day 1845 celebration for three Irishmen working for the Old Colony Railroad to build a track from Boston to Plymouth ended in an explosion of violence.
I soon found out there were a few black families living in Old Colony.
Passenger service on the entire Old Colony Railroad system serving the southeastern part of the state was abandoned by the New Haven Railroad in 1959, triggering calls for state intervention.