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1. WordNet® 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]

2. 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]

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

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