Boston

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ˈbɔstən/
• (New England) IPA: /ˈbɒstən/, [ˈbɒːstɪn]
• (cot-caught, Canada) IPA: /ˈbɑstən/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈbɒstən/

Proper noun

1. A town/and/borough in Lincolnshire, England.
2. ; named for the town in England.

   • And here’s to good old Boston, / The land of the bean and the cod, / Where Lowells talk only to Cabots / And Cabots talk only to God.

3. A city in Georgia, US.
4. A town in Indiana, ;.
5. A town in New York, ;.
6. A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
7. A town in South Australia.
8. A municipality in Philippines.
9. A village in County Clare, Ireland.
10. A village in Kyrgyzstan.
11. A neighborhood of Louisville.
12. CDP in Nelson County, Kentucky.
13. CDP in Pennsylvania.
14. CDP in Accomack County, Virginia.
15. A settlement in Belize.
16. A settlement in Suriname.
17. An unincorporated community/county seat in Bowie County, Texas.
18. An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio.
19. An unincorporated community in Highland County, Ohio.
20. An unincorporated community in Licking County, Ohio.
21. An unincorporated community in Summit County, Ohio.
22. An unincorporated community in Missouri, ;.
23. An unincorporated community in Culpeper and Rappahannock counties, Virginia.
24. (cards) An eighteenth-century trick-taking card game for four players, with two packs of fifty-two cards each.
25. Surname transferred from the place name.
26. (rare) A male given name.

Synonyms

• (Massachusetts city) Beantown

Translations

• French: Boston
• German: Boston
• Italian: Boston
• Portuguese: Boston
• Russian: Бо́стон
• Spanish: Boston

Noun

Boston (plural Bostons)

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

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