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Back Bay

Back Bay proper noun: a neighbourhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Proper noun

the Back Bay

  1. A neighbourhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
    • […] though cut glass was nothing new in the nineties, it was then especially busy reflecting the dazzling light of fashion from the Back Bay to the fastnesses of the Middle West.1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Cut-Glass Bowl”, in Scribner's Magazine

Questions about Back Bay

What does Back Bay mean?
Back Bay means a neighbourhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
What part of speech is Back Bay?
Back Bay is a proper noun.

Words near Back Bay in the dictionary

  1. back atcha
  2. back away
  3. back azimuth
  4. back azimuths
  5. back bacon
  6. Back Bay
  7. back beam
  8. back beams
  9. back bearing
  10. back bearings
  11. back beat

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