Boston (disambiguation)
Boston is the capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Boston may also refer to:
Places and buildings
Canada
- Boston Bar, British Columbia, a community and gold-bearing bar of the same name in the Fraser Canyon
- Boston Mills, Ontario
- Boston, Ontario, in Norfolk County
- Boston Township, Ontario
United Kingdom
- Boston, Lincolnshire, a town on the east coast of England
- Borough of Boston, a local government district of Lincolnshire, England
- Boston Lodge, the works of the Ffestiniog Railway in Wales
- Boston Manor, London, England
- Boston Manor tube station, a station on the Piccadilly line, formerly the District line
- Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, England
United States
- Boston, Alabama, a former name of West Greene
- Boston Mountains, in Arkansas and Oklahoma
- Boston Ravine, California
- Boston, Georgia
- Boston, Indiana
- Boston Township, Wayne County, Indiana
- Boston, Kentucky
- Boston, Louisville, a neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky
- Greater Boston, a conurbation centered on Boston, Massachusetts
- Boston Common
- Boston Harbor
- Boston Township, Michigan
- Boston, Missouri
- Boston, New York
- Boston, Belmont County, Ohio
- Boston, Highland County, Ohio
- Boston, Licking County, Ohio
- Boston, Summit County, Ohio
- Boston Township, Summit County, Ohio
- Boston, Pennsylvania
- Boston, Texas
- Boston Corner, New York
- South Boston, Virginia
- Boston, Accomack County, Virginia
- Boston, Culpeper County, Virginia
Other places
- Neu Boston, a part of Storkow, Brandenburg, Germany
- Boston, County Clare, Ireland
- Boston, County Laois, a townland in County Laois, Ireland
- Boston, Suriname
- Boston, Davao Oriental, Philippines
- Boston, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Ebon Atoll, Marshall Islands, also known as Boston
- Boston, Nooken, a village in Nooken District, Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan
- Boston, Suzak, a village in Suzak District, Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan
- Boston, Osh, a village in Uzgen District, Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan
- Bo‘ston, a town in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
- Bo‘ston, Jizzakh Region, a town in Jizzakh Region, Uzbekistan
- Boston, Belize, a village in the Belize District
- Boston, South Australia, a locality on Eyre Peninsula
- Boston, a neighborhood in Medellín, Colombia
People
- Boston (surname)
- Boston Brahmin
- Boston Charley, a warrior in the Modoc War of 1872
- Boston Corbett (Thomas "Boston" Corbett 1832–presumed dead 1894), the Union soldier who shot Abraham Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth in 1865
- Boston Scott, American football player
- Bill Rodgers (runner), nickname "Boston Billy", four-time winner of the Boston Marathon
Animals
- Boston (horse), an American racehorse
- Boston terrier, a breed of domestic dog
Culture and the arts
Fictional characters
- Boston Blackie, a fictional character in literature, films, radio and television
- "Boston Brand", real name of the comics character Deadman
Music
Works
- Boston (album), Boston's debut album
- "Boston" (song), a song by Augustana
Periodicals
- Boston Globe
- Boston Magazine
- The Boston Herald
Other art, entertainment, and media
- Boston (dance), a number of waltz-type dances
- Boston (novel), a 1928 work by Upton Sinclair
- "Boston", an unaired episode of the Adult Swim animated television series, Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Toys
- "Boston the Bear", a geographic Beanie Baby honoring the city of Boston
Education
United Kingdom
- Boston College (England)
- Boston Grammar School, a state school in England
- Boston High School, a state school in England
United States
- Boston Baptist College, a Baptist bible college in Milton, Massachusetts
- Boston College, a private Jesuit university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
- Boston College High School, a private Catholic preparatory school
- Boston Conservatory, a music conservatory
- Boston University, a private secular university
- University of Massachusetts Boston, a public university in the University of Massachusetts system
- Urban College of Boston, a junior college
Enterprises and organizations
- Boston, a brand of piano designed by Steinway & Sons
- Boston Acoustics, a manufacturer of home and mobile audio equipment
- Boston Beer Company
- Boston Bypass Independents
- Boston Consulting Group, a management consulting organisation
- Boston Market, an American fast-casual restaurant chain
- Boston Musical Instrument Company
- Boston Pizza, a Canadian pizza chain, owner of Boston's of America
- Boston Store, a department store chain, also the name of other defunct stores
- Boston Vegetarian Society
- Old Mr. Boston (later Mr. Boston, then just "Boston"), a defunct distillery
Food
- Boston baked beans, a beans dish
- Boston brown bread, a bread
- Boston butt, pork butt
- Boston cream doughnut, a dessert
- Boston cream pie, a dessert
- Original Boston Baked Beans, a candy
Ships and airplanes
- A-20 Boston, a WWII-era light bomber and night fighter made by the Douglas Aircraft Company
- Boston (ship), a vessel in the marine fur trade off British Columbia, captured and destroyed in 1803; see List of historical ships in British Columbia
- SS City of Boston, an ocean liner which disappeared without a trace in 1870
- USS Boston, several U.S. Navy ships
Sports and games
Competitions and games
- Boston (card game), an 18th-century card game
- Boston, winning or bidding to win every trick in a round of Bid whist
- Boston Marathon, the world's oldest annual marathon
- Eight Ball or "Boston", a pocket billiards game
Teams and leagues
- Boston Bears (AFL), a team that competed in AFL III in 1940
- Boston Breakers
- Boston Bruins, the oldest NHL team in the US and third oldest team in the NHL overall (one of the original six, est. 1924)
- Boston Bulldogs (AFL), a team that competed in AFL I in 1926
- Boston Celtics, a professional basketball team competing in NBA
- Boston City League, a high school athletic conference in Massachusetts
- Boston Patriots, a member of AFL IV (1960-1969) that currently competes in the National Football League as the New England Patriots
- Boston Red Sox, a Major League Baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts
- Boston Shamrocks (AFL), a team that won the AFL II championship in 1936
- Boston United, a Conference North football team based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England
- Boston Yanks
- Greater Boston League, a high school athletic conference in Massachusetts
- Portland Breakers, originally called the Boston Breakers
- Washington Redskins, a current NFL member that evolved from Boston Braves/Redskins
Other uses
- .boston, top-level Internet domain for Boston
- Boston (Hasidic dynasty), an Hasidic dynasty founded in Boston in the early 20th century
- Boston, the Microsoft pre-release codename for Microsoft Visual Studio 97
- Boston accent
- Boston Camera, a type of camera
- Boston Post Road, a system of mail-delivery routes established in colonial times
See also
- Bostonian (disambiguation)
- List of colleges and universities in metropolitan Boston
- New Boston (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles beginning with Boston
- Bostan (disambiguation)
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