boston

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boston - 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]

boston - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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
           ]

boston - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Boston, GA (city, FIPS 9460)
    Location: 30.79170 N, 83.79084 W
    Population (1990): 1395 (569 housing units)
    Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 31626
  Boston, IN (town, FIPS 6652)
    Location: 39.74152 N, 84.85114 W
    Population (1990): 159 (69 housing units)
    Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Boston, KY
    Zip code(s): 40107
  Boston, MA (city, FIPS 7000)
    Location: 42.33603 N, 71.01789 W
    Population (1990): 574283 (250863 housing units)
    Area: 125.4 sq km (land), 106.7 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 02108, 02109, 02110, 02111, 02113, 02114, 02115, 02116, 02199, 02210, 02215
  Boston, NY
    Zip code(s): 14025
  Boston, PA
    Zip code(s): 15135
  Boston, TX
    Zip code(s): 75570
  Boston, VA
    Zip code(s): 22713