Boston

== English == === Etymology === The 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 === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɔstən/ (New England) IPA(key): /ˈbɒstən/, [ˈbɒːstɪn] (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈbɑstən/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɒstən/ Rhymes: -ɒstən === Proper noun === Boston 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 ==== (Massachusetts city): Beantown ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Abenaki: Pastonki, pastoni → Klamath-Modoc: basdin → Lushootseed: pastəd → Mohawk: Wáhston ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Boston (plural Bostons) (card games) In the card game spades, a bid of all 13 tricks. A Boston lettuce. === References === === Anagrams === Tobson, Tobons == Catalan == === Proper noun === Boston m Boston (the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States) == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈboston] === Proper noun === Boston m inan (relational adjective bostonský, demonym Bostoňan) Boston (the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Boston”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Boston. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɔs.tən/, /ˈbɔs.tɔn/ === Proper noun === Boston n Boston (the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Boston on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl == Finnish == === Etymology === From English Boston. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈboston/, [ˈbo̞s̠to̞n] Rhymes: -oston Syllabification(key): Bos‧ton Hyphenation(key): Bos‧ton === Proper noun === Boston Boston (the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɔs.tɔn/ Rhymes: -ɔstɔn Syllabification: Bos‧ton === Proper noun === Boston m inan (related adjective bostoński, demonym bostończyk, female demonym bostonka) Boston (the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States) ==== Declension ==== === References === Boston in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English Boston. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Boston ? Boston (the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States) == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bôston/ Hyphenation: Bos‧ton === Proper noun === Bȍston m inan (Cyrillic spelling Бо̏стон) Boston (the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States) ==== Declension ==== == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbɔstɔn] === Proper noun === Boston m inan (genitive singular Bostonu, declension pattern of dub, relational adjective bostonský, demonym Bostončan, female demonym Bostončanka) Boston (the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States) === References === “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, 2003–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈboston/ [ˈbos.t̪õn] Rhymes: -oston Syllabification: Bos‧ton === Proper noun === Boston ? Boston (the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States) == Turkish == === Proper noun === Boston Boston (the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States)