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Webster 1913 Edition
Boston
Bos′ton
,Noun.
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. Definition 2024
Boston
Boston
See also: boston
English
Proper noun
Boston
- The capital and largest city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the informal capital of New England, located in the northeastern United States.
- (Can we date this quote?), Unknown:
- And here’s to good old Boston, / The land of the bean and the cod, / Where Lowells talk only to Cabots / And Cabots talk only to God.
- (Can we date this quote?), Unknown:
- A town in Lincolnshire, England.
- A settlement in Belize
- A city in Georgia, USA
- A town in Indiana
- A village in Kyrgyzstan
- A town in New York
- A census-designated place in Pennsylvania
- A municipality in the Philippines
- A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- A settlement in Suriname
- A census-designated placeand an unincorporated community in Virginia
- An eighteenth-century trick-taking card game for four players, with two packs of fifty-two cards each.
- A male given name
Synonyms
- (Massachusetts city): Beantown
Derived terms
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
place name
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Finnish
Proper noun
Boston
Declension
Inflection of Boston (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Boston | Bostonit | |
genitive | Bostonin | Bostonien Bostoneiden Bostoneitten |
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partitive | Bostonia | Bostoneita Bostoneja |
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illative | Bostoniin | Bostoneihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Boston | Bostonit | |
accusative | nom. | Boston | Bostonit |
gen. | Bostonin | ||
genitive | Bostonin | Bostonien Bostoneiden Bostoneitten |
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partitive | Bostonia | Bostoneita Bostoneja |
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inessive | Bostonissa | Bostoneissa | |
elative | Bostonista | Bostoneista | |
illative | Bostoniin | Bostoneihin | |
adessive | Bostonilla | Bostoneilla | |
ablative | Bostonilta | Bostoneilta | |
allative | Bostonille | Bostoneille | |
essive | Bostonina | Bostoneina | |
translative | Bostoniksi | Bostoneiksi | |
instructive | — | Bostonein | |
abessive | Bostonitta | Bostoneitta | |
comitative | — | Bostoneineen |
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowing from English Boston.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɔs.tõ/
Proper noun
Boston f
- Boston (a city in Massachusetts, United States of America)