Boston

See also: boston

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔstən/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbɒstən/, [ˈbɒːstɪn]
• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑstən/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbɒstən/

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• Rhymes: -ɒstən

Proper noun

Boston

1. A town and borough of Lincolnshire, England.
2. The capital and largest city of Massachusetts, the informal capital of New England, and the county seat of Suffolk County; named for the town in England.
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     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, United States; named for Thomas M. Boston, who found a medicinal spring near the town site.
4. A town in Indiana; named for the city in Massachusetts.
5. A town in New York; named for the city in Massachusetts.
6. A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
7. A town in South Australia.
8. A municipality of the Philippines.
9. A village in County Clare, Ireland.
10. A village in Kyrgyzstan.
11. A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
12. A census-designated place in Nelson County, Kentucky.
13. A census-designated place in Pennsylvania.
14. A census-designated place in Accomack County, Virginia.
15. A settlement in Belize.
16. A settlement in Suriname.
17. An unincorporated community in Texas; the de jure county seat of Bowie County.
18. An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio.
19. An unincorporated community in Highland County, Ohio; named for the city in Massachusetts.
20. An unincorporated community in Licking County, Ohio.
21. An unincorporated community in Summit County, Ohio; named for its township, itself named for the city in Massachusetts.
22. An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for the city in Massachusetts.
23. An unincorporated community in Culpeper and Rappahannock counties, Virginia.
24. (card games) An eighteenth-century trick-taking card game for four players, with two packs of fifty-two cards each.
25. transferred from the place name.
26. (rare) A male given name transferred from the place name or surname.

Synonyms

• (Massachusetts city): Beantown

Derived terms

• Boston baked beans
• Boston Brahmin
• Boston butt
• Boston crab
• Boston cream pie
• Bostoner
• Bostonese
• Boston fern
• Bostonian
• Bostonite
• Boston marriage
• Boston Mess
• New Boston

 

Descendants

• → Abenaki: Pastonki, pastoni
• → Klamath-Modoc: basdin

Translations

city in Massachusetts

• Arabic: بُوسْطُن (ar) m (busṭun)
• Armenian: Բոստոն (hy) (Boston)
• Belarusian: Бо́стан m (Bóstan)
• Bengali: বস্টন (bosṭon)
• Bulgarian: Бостон m (Boston)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 波士頓／波士顿 (zh) (Bōshìdùn), 波士顿 (zh) (Bōshìdùn)

• Danish: Boston
• Esperanto: Bostono
• Finnish: Boston (fi)
• French: Boston (fr)
• Galician: Boston (gl)
• Georgian: ბოსტონი (bosṭoni)
• German: Boston (de) n
• Greek: Βοστώνη (Vostóni), Βοστόνη (Vostóni)
• Gujarati: બોસ્ટન (bosṭan)
• Hawaiian: Pokekona
• Hebrew: בוסטון (bost'on)
• Hindi: बोस्टन (bosṭan)
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• Irish: Bostún
• Italian: Boston (it) f
• Japanese: ボストン (Bosuton)
• Korean: 보스턴 (Boseuteon)
• Latin: Bostonia
• Latvian: Bostona
• Lithuanian: Bostonas
• Persian: بوستون (fa) (boston)
• Portuguese: Boston (pt) f
• Russian: Бо́стон (ru) m (Bóston)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бостон m

  Roman: Boston (sh) m

• Spanish: Boston (es)
• Thai: บอสตัน (bòt-dtan)
• Ukrainian: Бос́тон m (Bośton)
• Urdu: بوسٹن (bosṭan)
• Vietnamese: Bốt xtơn
• Yiddish: באָסטאָן (boston)

village in Ireland

• Irish: Móinin na gCloigeann
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Noun

Boston (plural Bostons)

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

Anagrams

• Tobons

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Catalan

Proper noun

Boston m

1. Boston

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Czech

Proper noun

1. Boston

Derived terms

• Bostoňan
• bostonský

Further reading

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Finnish

Proper noun

Boston

1. Boston

Declension

Inflection of Boston (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		Boston	Bostonit
genitive		Bostonin	Bostonien Bostoneiden Bostoneitten
partitive		Bostonia	Bostoneita Bostoneja
illative		Bostoniin	Bostoneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Boston	Bostonit
accusative	nom.	Boston	Bostonit
	gen.	Bostonin
genitive		Bostonin	Bostonien Bostoneiden Bostoneitten
partitive		Bostonia	Bostoneita Bostoneja
inessive		Bostonissa	Bostoneissa
elative		Bostonista	Bostoneista
illative		Bostoniin	Bostoneihin
adessive		Bostonilla	Bostoneilla
ablative		Bostonilta	Bostoneilta
allative		Bostonille	Bostoneille
essive		Bostonina	Bostoneina
translative		Bostoniksi	Bostoneiksi
abessive		Bostonitta	Bostoneitta
instructive		—	Bostonein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Boston (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Bostonini Bostonini accusative nom. Bostonini Bostonini gen. Bostonini genitive Bostonini Bostonieni Bostoneideni Bostoneitteni partitive Bostoniani Bostoneitani Bostonejani inessive Bostonissani Bostoneissani elative Bostonistani Bostoneistani illative Bostoniini Bostoneihini adessive Bostonillani Bostoneillani ablative Bostoniltani Bostoneiltani allative Bostonilleni Bostoneilleni essive Bostoninani Bostoneinani translative Bostonikseni Bostoneikseni abessive Bostonittani Bostoneittani instructive — — comitative — Bostoneineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Bostonisi Bostonisi accusative nom. Bostonisi Bostonisi gen. Bostonisi genitive Bostonisi Bostoniesi Bostoneidesi Bostoneittesi partitive Bostoniasi Bostoneitasi Bostonejasi inessive Bostonissasi Bostoneissasi elative Bostonistasi Bostoneistasi illative Bostoniisi Bostoneihisi adessive Bostonillasi Bostoneillasi ablative Bostoniltasi Bostoneiltasi allative Bostonillesi Bostoneillesi essive Bostoninasi Bostoneinasi translative Bostoniksesi Bostoneiksesi abessive Bostonittasi Bostoneittasi instructive — — comitative — Bostoneinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Bostonimme Bostonimme accusative nom. Bostonimme Bostonimme gen. Bostonimme genitive Bostonimme Bostoniemme Bostoneidemme Bostoneittemme partitive Bostoniamme Bostoneitamme Bostonejamme inessive Bostonissamme Bostoneissamme elative Bostonistamme Bostoneistamme illative Bostoniimme Bostoneihimme adessive Bostonillamme Bostoneillamme ablative Bostoniltamme Bostoneiltamme allative Bostonillemme Bostoneillemme essive Bostoninamme Bostoneinamme translative Bostoniksemme Bostoneiksemme abessive Bostonittamme Bostoneittamme instructive — — comitative — Bostoneinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Bostoninne Bostoninne accusative nom. Bostoninne Bostoninne gen. Bostoninne genitive Bostoninne Bostonienne Bostoneidenne Bostoneittenne partitive Bostonianne Bostoneitanne Bostonejanne inessive Bostonissanne Bostoneissanne elative Bostonistanne Bostoneistanne illative Bostoniinne Bostoneihinne adessive Bostonillanne Bostoneillanne ablative Bostoniltanne Bostoneiltanne allative Bostonillenne Bostoneillenne essive Bostoninanne Bostoneinanne translative Bostoniksenne Bostoneiksenne abessive Bostonittanne Bostoneittanne instructive — — comitative — Bostoneinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Bostoninsa Bostoninsa accusative nom. Bostoninsa Bostoninsa gen. Bostoninsa genitive Bostoninsa Bostoniensa Bostoneidensa Bostoneittensa partitive Bostoniaan Bostoniansa Bostoneitaan Bostonejaan Bostoneitansa Bostonejansa inessive Bostonissaan Bostonissansa Bostoneissaan Bostoneissansa elative Bostonistaan Bostonistansa Bostoneistaan Bostoneistansa illative Bostoniinsa Bostoneihinsa adessive Bostonillaan Bostonillansa Bostoneillaan Bostoneillansa ablative Bostoniltaan Bostoniltansa Bostoneiltaan Bostoneiltansa allative Bostonilleen Bostonillensa Bostoneilleen Bostoneillensa essive Bostoninaan Bostoninansa Bostoneinaan Bostoneinansa translative Bostonikseen Bostoniksensa Bostoneikseen Bostoneiksensa abessive Bostonittaan Bostonittansa Bostoneittaan Bostoneittansa instructive — — comitative — Bostoneineen Bostoneinensa

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Boston.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔs.tõ/

Proper noun

Boston f

1. Boston (a city in Massachusetts, United States)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bôston/
• Hyphenation: Bos‧ton

Proper noun

Bȍston m (Cyrillic spelling Бо̏стон)

1. Boston

Declension

Declension of Boston

	singular
nominative	Boston
genitive	Bostona
dative	Bostonu
accusative	Boston
vocative	Bostone
locative	Bostonu
instrumental	Bostonom

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Spanish

Proper noun

Boston ?

1. Boston