noun
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
• Syn: ↑Boston, ↑Hub of the Universe, ↑Beantown, ↑capital of Massachusetts
• Members of this Region: ↑Bunker Hill, ↑battle of Bunker Hill
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑state capital
• Part Holonyms: ↑Massachusetts, ↑Bay State, ↑Old Colony, ↑MA
• Part Meronyms: ↑Charlestown Navy Yard, ↑Boston Harbor, ↑Beacon Hill, ↑Charlestown
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Boston, Mass. (used as a nickname).
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Bean Town [Bean Town]
a popular name for the US town of ↑Boston, ↑Massachusetts, because of its famous ↑Boston baked beans.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.