Boston - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Boston :  (noun)

1: state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services [syn: Boston, Hub of the Universe, Bean Town, Beantown, capital of Massachusetts]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Boston : \Bos"ton\, n. A game at cards, played by four persons, with two packs of fifty-two cards each; -- said to be so called from Boston, Massachusetts, and to have been invented by officers of the French army in America during the Revolutionary war.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Boston, GA (city, FIPS 9460) Location: 30.79170 N, 83.79084 W Population (1990): 1395 (569 housing units) Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31626 Boston, IN (town, FIPS 6652) Location: 39.74152 N, 84.85114 W Population (1990): 159 (69 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Boston, KY Zip code(s): 40107 Boston, MA (city, FIPS 7000) Location: 42.33603 N, 71.01789 W Population (1990): 574283 (250863 housing units) Area: 125.4 sq km (land), 106.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 02108, 02109, 02110, 02111, 02113, 02114, 02115, 02116, 02199, 02210, 02215 Boston, NY Zip code(s): 14025 Boston, PA Zip code(s): 15135 Boston, TX Zip code(s): 75570 Boston, VA Zip code(s): 22713

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Boston

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