Boston.
A town and borough in Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3244).
Meaning & usage
A town and borough in Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3244).
A number of places in the United States: The capital and largest city of Massachusetts, the informal capital of New England, and the county seat of Suffolk County.
A number of places in the United States: The capital and largest city of Massachusetts, the informal capital of New England, and the county seat of Suffolk County. The Massachusetts government.
A number of places in the United States: An inactive township in Madison County, Arkansas.
A number of places in the United States: A township in Washington County, Arkansas.
A number of places in the United States: A city in Georgia; named for Thomas M. Boston, who found a medicinal spring near the town site.
A number of places in the United States: A township and town therein, in Wayne County, Indiana; named for the city in Massachusetts.
A number of places in the United States: A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Nelson County, Kentucky.
A number of places in the United States: A township in Ionia County, Michigan.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for the city in Massachusetts.
A number of places in the United States: A town in New York; named for the city in Massachusetts.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Highland County, Ohio; named for the city in Massachusetts.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Licking County, Ohio.
A number of places in the United States: A township and unincorporated community therein, in Summit County, Ohio; named for the city in Massachusetts.
A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Pennsylvania.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community, the county seat of Bowie County, Texas.
A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Accomack County, Virginia.
A number of places in the United States: 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.
Where this word comes from
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.
In the card game spades, a bid of all 13 tricks.
A Boston lettuce.
Where this word comes from
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.
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