Boston
/ˈbɔstən/
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New England/ˈbɒstən/
Boston proper noun: a town and borough in Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3244).
Proper noun
Boston
- A town and borough in Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3244).
- The capital and largest city of Massachusetts, the informal capital of New England, and the county seat of Suffolk County.
- There are faculty advisers on El’s theater crew who balk at using “they” for one person; classmates at El’s public school on the outskirts of Boston who insist El can’t be “multiple people”; and commenters on El’s social media feeds who dismiss nonbinary gender identities like androgyne (a...2019 May 29, Amy Harmon, “Which Box Do You Check? Some States Are Offering a Nonbinary Option”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2019
- The Massachusetts government.
- An inactive township in Madison County, Arkansas.
- A township in Washington County, Arkansas.
- A city in Georgia; named for Thomas M. Boston, who found a medicinal spring near the town site.
- A township and town therein, in Wayne County, Indiana; named for the city in Massachusetts.
- A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
- A census-designated place in Nelson County, Kentucky.
- A township in Ionia County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for the city in Massachusetts.
- A town in New York; named for the city in Massachusetts.
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- 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.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Summit County, Ohio; named for the city in Massachusetts.
- A census-designated place in Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community, the county seat of Bowie County, Texas.
- A census-designated place in Accomack County, Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Culpeper County and Rappahannock County, Virginia.
- A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
- A town in South Australia.
- A municipality of the Philippines.
- A village in County Clare, Ireland.
- A village in Kyrgyzstan.
- A settlement in Belize.
- A settlement in Suriname.
- 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.
- A male given name transferred from the place name or surname.
Noun
Boston (plural Bostons)
- In the card game spades, a bid of all 13 tricks.
- A Boston lettuce.
Boston meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
Boston in Hindi
- city in Massachusetts
- बोस्टन bosṭan
Boston in Marathi
- city in Massachusetts
- बॉस्टन bŏsṭan
- village in Ireland
- बॉस्टन bŏsṭan
Boston in Urdu
- city in Massachusetts
- بوسٹن bosṭan
Boston in Bengali
- city in Massachusetts
- বস্টন bosṭon
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- Boston in Gujarati
- બોસ્ટન bosṭan
- Boston in Arabic
- بُوسْطُن busṭun
- Boston in Persian
- بوستون boston
- Boston in Thai
- บอสตัน bòt-dtan
- Boston in Vietnamese
- Bốt xtơn, Ba Sĩ Đốn
- Boston in Myanmar
- ဘော့စတွန် bhau.ca.twan
Synonyms of Boston
Forms of Boston
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Origin of Boston
The US city is named after the English town (from which several prominent colonists had come), which itself is sometimes said to be named as a contraction of Botolph's town or Botolph's stone (the name Botolph itself coming from Old English Botwulf, from boda + wulf). However, this is uncertain.
Words formed from Boston
- big Dick from Boston
- Boston baked beans
- Boston Bar
- Boston brace
- Boston Brahmin
- Boston brown bread
- Boston butt
- Boston crab
- Boston cream doughnut
- Boston cream pie
- Bostoner
- Bostonese
- Boston fern
- Bostonian
- Bostonite
- Bostonization
- Bostonize
- Boston marriage
- Boston marrow
- Boston Mess
- Boston Mountains
- Boston Spa
- Boston version
- East Boston
- New Boston
- South Boston
Phrases with Boston
- Boston bun
- Boston ivy
- Boston Six
- boston bean
- Boston buns
- Boston sour
- boston beans
- Boston butts
- Boston crabs
- Boston cream
- Boston ferns
- Boston ivies
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- Boston round
- Boston sours
- Boston rounds
- Boston lettuce
- Boston marrows
- Boston terrier
- Boston Brahmins
- Boston lettuces
- Boston terriers
- Boston versions
- Boston marriages
- Boston Tea Party
- Boston cream pies
- Boston Classicists
- Boston cream donut
- Boston brown breads
- Boston cream donuts
- Boston round bottle
- Boston round bottles
- Boston cream doughnuts
Words that rhyme with Boston
Questions about Boston
- What does Boston mean?
- Boston means a town and borough in Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3244).
- What is Boston in Hindi?
- Boston in Hindi is बोस्टन (bosṭan). See Boston meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Boston?
- Boston can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Boston?
- Boston is pronounced /ˈbɔstən/ (US).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Boston (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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