Boston
English
editEtymology
editThe 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
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɔstən/
- (New England) IPA(key): /ˈbɒstən/, [ˈbɒːstɪn]
Audio (Rhode Island): (file)
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈbɑstən/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɒstən/
- Rhymes: -ɒstən
Proper noun
editBoston
- 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.
- An inactive township in Madison County, Arkansas
- A township in Washington County, Arkansas.
- A city in Georgia; named for Thomas M. Boston, who found a medicinal spring near the town site.
- A township and town therein, in Wayne County, Indiana; named for the city in Massachusetts.
- A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
- A census-designated place in Nelson County, Kentucky.
- A township in Ionia County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for the city in Massachusetts.
- A town in New York; named for the city in Massachusetts.
- An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Highland County, Ohio; named for the city in Massachusetts.
- An unincorporated community in Licking County, Ohio.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Summit County, Ohio; named for the city in Massachusetts.
- A census-designated place in Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community, the county seat of Bowie County, Texas.
- A census-designated place in Accomack County, Virginia.
- 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.
- (card games) 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.
- (rare) A male given name transferred from the place name or surname.
Synonyms
edit- (Massachusetts city): Beantown
Derived terms
editDescendants
editTranslations
editcity in Massachusetts
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village in Ireland
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Noun
editBoston (plural Bostons)
- (card games) In the card game spades, a bid of all 13 tricks.
- A Boston lettuce.
Anagrams
editCatalan
editProper noun
editBoston m
- Boston (the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States)
Czech
editProper noun
editBoston m inan (related adjective bostonský, demonym Bostoňan)
- Boston (the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States)
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- “Boston”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBoston
- Boston (the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States)
Declension
editInflection of Boston (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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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. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
Portuguese
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English Boston.
Pronunciation
edit
Proper noun
editBoston
- Boston (the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States)
Serbo-Croatian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBȍston m (Cyrillic spelling Бо̏стон)
- Boston (the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States)
Declension
editSlovak
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBoston m inan
- Boston (the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States)
References
edit- “Boston”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBoston ?
- Boston (the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States)
Turkish
editProper noun
editBoston
- Boston (the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɒstən
- Rhymes:English/ɒstən/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Towns in Lincolnshire, England
- en:Towns in England
- en:Districts of Lincolnshire, England
- en:Districts of England
- en:Places in Lincolnshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Boston
- en:Cities in Massachusetts, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:State capitals of the United States
- en:County seats of Massachusetts, USA
- en:Places in Massachusetts, USA
- en:Places in Arkansas, USA
- en:Townships
- en:Cities in Georgia, USA
- en:Places in Georgia, USA
- en:Towns in Indiana, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Indiana, USA
- en:Neighborhoods in Kentucky, USA
- en:Places in Louisville
- en:Places in Kentucky, USA
- en:Census-designated places in Kentucky, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in Michigan, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Missouri, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Missouri, USA
- en:Towns in New York, USA
- en:Places in New York, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Ohio, USA
- en:Places in Ohio, USA
- en:Census-designated places in Pennsylvania, USA
- en:Places in Pennsylvania, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Texas, USA
- en:County seats of Texas, USA
- en:Places in Texas, USA
- en:Census-designated places in Virginia, USA
- en:Places in Virginia, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Virginia, USA
- en:Towns in South Africa
- en:Places in South Africa
- en:Towns in South Australia
- en:Towns in Australia
- en:Places in South Australia
- en:Places in Australia
- en:Municipalities of the Philippines
- en:Places in the Philippines
- en:Villages in County Clare, Ireland
- en:Villages in Ireland
- en:Places in County Clare, Ireland
- en:Places in Ireland
- en:Villages in Kyrgyzstan
- en:Places in Kyrgyzstan
- en:Villages in Belize
- en:Places in Belize
- en:Villages in Suriname
- en:Places in Suriname
- en:Card games
- English surnames
- English terms with rare senses
- English given names
- English male given names
- English male given names from place names
- English male given names from surnames
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan proper nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- ca:Boston
- ca:Cities in Massachusetts, USA
- ca:Cities in the United States
- ca:State capitals of the United States
- ca:Places in Massachusetts, USA
- ca:Places in the United States
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech inanimate nouns
- cs:Boston
- cs:Cities in Massachusetts, USA
- cs:Cities in the United States
- cs:State capitals of the United States
- cs:Places in Massachusetts, USA
- cs:Places in the United States
- Czech uncountable nouns
- Czech masculine inanimate nouns
- Czech hard masculine inanimate nouns
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/oston
- Rhymes:Finnish/oston/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Boston
- fi:Cities in Massachusetts, USA
- fi:Cities in the United States
- fi:State capitals of the United States
- fi:Places in Massachusetts, USA
- fi:Places in the United States
- Finnish paperi-type nominals
- Portuguese terms borrowed from English
- Portuguese unadapted borrowings from English
- Portuguese terms derived from English
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- pt:Boston
- pt:Cities in Massachusetts, USA
- pt:Cities in the United States
- pt:State capitals of the United States
- pt:Places in Massachusetts, USA
- pt:Places in the United States
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- sh:Boston
- sh:Cities in Massachusetts, USA
- sh:Cities in the United States
- sh:State capitals of the United States
- sh:Places in Massachusetts, USA
- sh:Places in the United States
- Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovak lemmas
- Slovak proper nouns
- Slovak masculine nouns
- Slovak inanimate nouns
- sk:Boston
- sk:Cities in Massachusetts, USA
- sk:Cities in the United States
- sk:State capitals of the United States
- sk:Places in Massachusetts, USA
- sk:Places in the United States
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/oston
- Rhymes:Spanish/oston/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- es:Boston
- es:Cities in Massachusetts, USA
- es:Cities in the United States
- es:State capitals of the United States
- es:Places in Massachusetts, USA
- es:Places in the United States
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish proper nouns
- tr:Boston
- tr:Cities in Massachusetts, USA
- tr:Cities in the United States
- tr:State capitals of the United States
- tr:Places in Massachusetts, USA
- tr:Places in the United States