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Meaning of BOSTON

Pronunciation:  'bostun

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
 

BOSTON is a 6 letter word that starts with B.

 

 Synonyms: Beantown, capital of Massachusetts, Hub of the Universe
 
 See Also: battle of Bunker Hill, Bay State, Beacon Hill, Bunker Hill, Charlestown Navy Yard, MA, Massachusetts, Old Colony, state capital

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.

 

 

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