Definition of "Boston"

Boston

/ˈbɔstən/

proper noun
1. A town and borough of Lincolnshire, England.
2. A number of places in the United States:
  1. The capital and largest city of Massachusetts, the informal capital of New England, and the county seat of Suffolk County.
  2. A city in Georgia; named for Thomas M. Boston, who found a medicinal spring near the town site.
  3. A town in Indiana; named for the city in Massachusetts.
  4. A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
  5. A census-designated place in Nelson County, Kentucky.
  6. An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for the city in Massachusetts.
  7. A town in New York; named for the city in Massachusetts.
  8. An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio.
  9. An unincorporated community in Highland County, Ohio; named for the city in Massachusetts.
  10. An unincorporated community in Licking County, Ohio.
  11. An unincorporated community in Summit County, Ohio; named for its township, itself named for the city in Massachusetts.
  12. A census-designated place in Pennsylvania.
  13. An unincorporated community, the county seat of Bowie County, Texas.
  14. A census-designated place in Accomack County, Virginia.
  15. An unincorporated community in Culpeper County and Rappahannock County, Virginia.
3. A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
4. A town in South Australia.
5. A municipality of the Philippines.
6. A village in County Clare, Ireland.
7. A village in Kyrgyzstan.
8. A settlement in Belize.
9. A settlement in Suriname.
10. (card games) An eighteenth-century trick-taking card game for four players, with two packs of fifty-two cards each.
11. A habitational surname transferred from the place name.
12. (rare) A male given name transferred from the place name or surname.
noun
plural Bostons
1. (card games) In the card game spades, a bid of all 13 tricks.
2. A Boston lettuce.