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Fenway

Fenway proper noun: a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Also the ellipsis of Fenway Park.

fenway: a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Proper noun

Fenway

  1. A neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Also used as

Fenway is also the ellipsis of Fenway Park.

Origin of Fenway

Named after The Fenway, a thoroughfare in Boston, from fen (“type of wetland”) + way. The road goes by the Back Bay Fens, a marshy public park.

Questions about Fenway

What does Fenway mean?
Fenway means a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
What part of speech is Fenway?
Fenway is a proper noun.

Words near Fenway in the dictionary

  1. fenty leans
  2. fenugreek
  3. fenugreeks
  4. fenuron
  5. fenvalerate
  6. Fenway
  7. Fenwick
  8. Fenwick tree
  9. Fenwick trees
  10. Fenwickian
  11. Fenwicks

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