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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Boston
       n : state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major
           center for banking and financial services [syn: {Hub of
           the Universe}, {Bean Town}, {Beantown}, {capital of
           Massachusetts}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  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

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  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
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  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
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  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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