Bostonian

English

Etymology

From Boston +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɒsˈtəʊniən/

Noun

Bostonian (plural Bostonians)

1. A person who was born in or who lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

   Synonyms: Bostoner, Bostonite, Hubbite (informal); bean-eater (dated, informal)

   Hyponym: Boston Brahmin

   Bostonians eagerly await the arrival of spring after a long, cold, snowy winter.

   • 2005, Zadie Smith, On Beauty, Penguin Books (2006), page 61:

     Single-sex clusters of Bostonians made their boisterous way through the streets, hoping to collide with their opposite numbers.

Translations

person from Boston

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 波士顿式 (Bōshìdùn shì)

• Czech: Bostoňan m
• French: Bostonien (fr)
• German: Bostoner (de) m
• Greek: Βοστωνικός (Vostonikós), βοστωνικός (vostonikós), Βοστωνική (Vostonikí)
• Marathi: बॉस्टनकर m (bŏsṭankar)
• Polish: bostończyk (pl) m, bostonka (pl) f
• Russian: Босто́нский (Bostónskij)
• Spanish: Bostoniano

Adjective

Bostonian

1. Related to, characteristic of, or residing in Boston.

   Bostonian fashions are reserved, even dull, when compared to California style.

Translations

Translations

• Belarusian: бастонскі (bastónski)
• Bulgarian: бостънски (bostǎnski)
• Czech: bostonský
• French: bostonien (fr)
• Italian: bostoniano
• Polish: bostoński (pl)
• Russian: бостонский (ru) (bostonskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: bostonski (sh)
• Slovak: bostonský (sk)
• Slovene: bostonski
• Spanish: bostoniano (es)
• Ukrainian: бостонський (bostonsʹkyj)

Anagrams

• antiboson