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A town and borough in Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3244).
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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.
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A number of places in the United States:
An inactive township in Madison County, Arkansas.
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A township in Washington County, Arkansas.
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A city in Georgia; named for Thomas M. Boston, who found a medicinal spring near the town site.
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A number of places in the United States:
A township and town therein, in Wayne County, Indiana; named for the city in Massachusetts.
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A number of places in the United States:
A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
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A census-designated place in Nelson County, Kentucky.
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A number of places in the United States:
A township in Ionia County, Michigan.
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for the city in Massachusetts.
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A town in New York; named for the city in Massachusetts.
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio.
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Highland County, Ohio; named for the city in Massachusetts.
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An unincorporated community in Licking County, Ohio.
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A number of places in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Summit County, Ohio; named for the city in Massachusetts.
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A census-designated place in Pennsylvania.
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An unincorporated community, the county seat of Bowie County, Texas.
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A census-designated place in Accomack County, Virginia.
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An unincorporated community in Culpeper County and Rappahannock County, Virginia.
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A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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A town in South Australia.
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A municipality of the Philippines.
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A village in County Clare, Ireland.
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A village in Kyrgyzstan.
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A settlement in Belize.
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A settlement in Suriname.
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An eighteenth-century trick-taking card game for four players, with two packs of fifty-two cards each.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: card-games, games
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A habitational surname transferred from the place name.
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A male given name transferred from the place name or surname.
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Usage: rare
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In the card game spades, a bid of all 13 tricks.
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Topics: card-games, games
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A Boston lettuce.
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state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
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Synonyms: Hub of the Universe, Bean Town, Beantown, capital of Massachusetts
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Broader terms: state capital
History
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.
Across languages
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
