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boston

/ˈbɔstən/

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What does boston mean?

noun

  1. In the card game spades, a bid of all 13 tricks.
  2. A Boston lettuce.

proper noun

  1. A town and borough in Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3244).
More meanings (29)

proper noun

  1. The capital and largest city of Massachusetts, the informal capital of New England, and the county seat of Suffolk County.
  2. The Massachusetts government.
  3. An inactive township in Madison County, Arkansas.
  4. A township in Washington County, Arkansas.
  5. A city in Georgia; named for Thomas M. Boston, who found a medicinal spring near the town site.
  6. A township and town therein, in Wayne County, Indiana; named for the city in Massachusetts.
  7. A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
  8. A census-designated place in Nelson County, Kentucky.
  9. A township in Ionia County, Michigan.
  10. An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for the city in Massachusetts.
  11. A town in New York; named for the city in Massachusetts.
  12. An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio.
  13. An unincorporated community in Highland County, Ohio; named for the city in Massachusetts.
  14. An unincorporated community in Licking County, Ohio.
  15. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Summit County, Ohio; named for the city in Massachusetts.
  16. A census-designated place in Pennsylvania.
  17. An unincorporated community, the county seat of Bowie County, Texas.
  18. A census-designated place in Accomack County, Virginia.
  19. An unincorporated community in Culpeper County and Rappahannock County, Virginia.
  20. A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
  21. A town in South Australia.
  22. A municipality of the Philippines.
  23. A village in County Clare, Ireland.
  24. A village in Kyrgyzstan.
  25. A settlement in Belize.
  26. A settlement in Suriname.
  27. An eighteenth-century trick-taking card game for four players, with two packs of fifty-two cards each.
  28. A habitational surname transferred from the place name.
  29. (rare) A male given name transferred from the place name or surname.

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IPA pronunciation

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈbɒstən/
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So it was concluded I should return to Boston in the first vessel, with the governor's letter recommending me to my father.
Benjamin FranklinThe Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinProject Gutenberg ebook #148
Corey went back to Boston immediately, and left Penelope, as he must, to tell her sister that they were to be married.
William Dean HowellsThe Rise of Silas LaphamProject Gutenberg ebook #154
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In his own cause he can beat a Boston lawyer, but he is dumb when asked to plead the cause of others.
Frederick DouglassMy Bondage and My FreedomProject Gutenberg ebook #202
Dr. Parkman, a wealthy and public-spirited citizen of Boston, had given the piece of land, on which the college had been erected.
H. B. (Henry Brodribb) IrvingA Book of Remarkable CriminalsProject Gutenberg ebook #446
Soon afterwards, Holmes took his telephones out of the banks, and started a real telephone business among the express companies of Boston.
Herbert Newton CassonThe History of the TelephoneProject Gutenberg ebook #819