BOSTON

Boston, Hub of the Universe, Bean Town, Beantown, capital of Massachusetts

(noun) state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Boston

A town and borough in Lincolnshire, England.

The capital and largest city of Massachusetts, the informal capital of New England, and the county seat of Suffolk County; named for the town in England.

A city in Georgia, United States; named for Thomas M. Boston, who found a medicinal spring near the town site.

A town in Indiana; named for the city in Massachusetts.

A town in New York; named for the city in Massachusetts.

A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

A town in South Australia.

A municipality of Philippines.

A village in County Clare, Ireland.

A village in Kyrgyzstan.

A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.

A census-designated place in Nelson County, Kentucky.

A census-designated place in Pennsylvania.

A census-designated place in Accomack County, Virginia.

A settlement in Belize.

A settlement in Suriname.

An county seat, Bowie County, Texas.

An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio.

An unincorporated community in Highland County, Ohio; named for the city in Massachusetts.

An unincorporated community in Licking County, Ohio.

An unincorporated community in Summit County, Ohio; named for its township, itself named for the city in Massachusetts.

An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for the city in Massachusetts.

An unincorporated community in Culpeper and Rappahannock counties, Virginia.

(cards) An eighteenth-century trick-taking card game for four players, with two packs of fifty-two cards each.

A habitational surname transferred from the place name.

(rare) A male given name from place names, surnames.

Synonyms

• (Massachusetts city): Beantown

Noun

Boston (plural Bostons)

(card games) In the card game spades, a bid of all 13 tricks.

A Boston lettuce.

Anagrams

• Tobons

Source: Wiktionary


Bos"ton, n.

Definition: A game at cards, played by four persons, with two packs of fifty-two cards each; -- said to be so called from Boston, Massachusetts, and to have been invented by officers of the French army in America during the Revolutionary war.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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