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[syn: Boston, Hub of the Universe, Bean Town, Beantown, capital of Massachusetts]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Boston \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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Boston
n 1: state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major
center for banking and financial services [syn: Boston,
Hub of the Universe, Bean Town, Beantown, capital of
Massachusetts]
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Boston, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia
Population (2000): 1417
Housing Units (2000): 632
Land area (2000): 2.228579 sq. miles (5.771993 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.228579 sq. miles (5.771993 sq. km)
FIPS code: 09460
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 30.792556 N, 83.790681 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 31626
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Boston, GA
Boston
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Boston, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana
Population (2000): 177
Housing Units (2000): 70
Land area (2000): 0.211099 sq. miles (0.546744 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.211099 sq. miles (0.546744 sq. km)
FIPS code: 06652
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 39.741571 N, 84.851098 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Boston, IN
Boston
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Boston, MA -- U.S. city in Massachusetts
Population (2000): 589141
Housing Units (2000): 251935
Land area (2000): 48.426164 sq. miles (125.423183 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 41.208559 sq. miles (106.729673 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 89.634723 sq. miles (232.152856 sq. km)
FIPS code: 07000
Located within: Massachusetts (MA), FIPS 25
Location: 42.321597 N, 71.089115 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 02108 02109 02110 02111 02113 02114
02115 02116 02199 02210 02215
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Boston, MA
Boston