Boston (disambiguation)

Boston is the state capital of Massachusetts in the United States.

Boston may also refer to:

Contents 1 Places 1.1 Belize 1.2 Canada 1.3 Ireland 1.4 Philippines 1.5 South Africa 1.6 South America 1.7 United Kingdom 1.8 United States 2 Music 3 Education 4 People 5 Companies 6 Ships and airplanes 7 Amtrak stations 8 Animals 9 Food 10 Sports and Games 11 Other 12 See also

Places

Belize

• Boston, Belize, a village in the Belize District

Canada

• Boston, Ontario, in Norfolk County
• Boston Township, Ontario
• Boston Mills, Ontario
• Boston Bar, British Columbia, a community and gold-bearing bar of the same name in the Fraser Canyon

Ireland

• Boston, County Clare
• Boston, County Laois, a townland in County Laois, Ireland

Philippines

• Boston, Davao Oriental

South Africa

• Boston, KwaZulu-Natal

South America

• Boston, Suriname

United Kingdom

• Boston, Lincolnshire, a town on the east coast of England
  • Boston (borough), a local government district of Lincolnshire, England
• Boston Spa (also known as Thorp Spa), West Yorkshire, England
• Boston Manor, London, 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
• Boston, Massachusetts
  • Greater Boston, a conurbation centered around Boston, Massachusetts
• Boston Township, Michigan
• Boston, Missouri
• Boston, New York
• Boston Township, Summit County, Ohio
• Boston, Pennsylvania, part of Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
• Boston, Texas
• South Boston, Virginia

Music

• Boston (band)
  • Boston (album), their debut album
• Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Boston Pops Orchestra
• Boston (dance), a number of waltz-type dances
• "Boston" (song), a song by Augustana
• Boston, a brand of piano designed by Steinway & Sons
• Boston Musical Instrument Company

Education

Named after Boston, Lincolnshire, UK

• Boston College (England)
• Boston Grammar School, a state school in England
• Boston High School, a state school in England

Named for Boston, Massachusetts

• 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 Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, a graduate school in Brookline, Massachusetts
• Boston University, a private secular university
• The Art Institute of Boston, part of Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts
• The Boston Architectural College, an architectural college
• University of Massachusetts Boston, a public university in the University of Massachusetts system
• Urban College of Boston, a junior college

See List of colleges and universities in metropolitan Boston for a list of institutions in the Boston, Massachusetts, metropolitan area

People

• Billy Boston, Welsh rugby league footballer
• "Boston Billy", nickname for Bill Rodgers (athlete), four-time winner of the Boston Marathon
• David Boston, American football player
• Daryl Boston, American baseball player
• Lucy M. Boston, British author
• Rachel Boston, American model and actress
• Ralph Boston, American track and field athlete
• Richard Boston, British journalist and writer
• Rob Boston, author, advocate of church-state separation
• Reverend Thomas Boston, 18th c. Scottish theologian
• Thomas "Boston" Corbett, the Union soldier who shot Abraham Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth
• Ward Boston Jr., Navy Captain
• Sir William Boston Cushion, Royal Air Force officer

Companies

• Boston Pizza, a Canadian pizza chain, owner of Boston's of America
• Boston Market, an American fast-casual restaurant chain
• Boston-Power, lithium ion battery maker
• Boston Store, a department store chain, also the name of other defunct stores
• Boston Acoustics, a manufacturer of home and mobile audio equipment
• Old Mr. Boston (later Mr. Boston, then just "Boston"), a defunct distillery

Ships and airplanes

• The A-20 Boston, a WW II-era light bomber and night fighter made by the Douglas Aircraft Company
• The USS Boston, any of a number of U.S. Navy ships with this name, with the last being decommissioned in 1999
• SS City of Boston, an ocean liner which disappeared without a trace in 1870
• Boston (ship), a vessel in the marine fur trade off British Columbia captured and destroyed in 1803

Amtrak stations

• North Station (Downeaster)
• South Station (Acela Express, Lake Shore Limited, Northeast Regional)
• Back Bay (MBTA station) (Acela Express, Lake Shore Limited, Northeast Regional)

Animals

• Boston (horse), American racehorse
• Boston terrier, a breed of domestic dog

Food

• Boston cream pie, a cream filled dessert
• Boston baked beans (disambiguation)

Sports and Games

• Eight Ball or "Boston", a pocket billiards game
• Boston Marathon, world's oldest annual marathon
• Boston Red Sox, a Major League Baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts
• Boston (card game), an 18th century card game
• Boston, winning or bidding to win every trick in a round of Bid whist

Other

• Boston (novel), a 1928 work by Upton Sinclair
• "Boston the Bear", a geographic Beanie Baby honoring the city of Boston
• Boston, the Microsoft pre-release codename for Visual Studio 97, as a reference to Boston, Massachusetts
• Boston Blackie, a fictional character in literature, films, radio and television
• Boston Camera, a type of camera
• Boston (Hasidic dynasty), a Hasidic dynasty founded in Boston in the early 20th century
• Boston Post Road, a system of mail-delivery routes established in colonial times
• "Boston", an unaired episode of the Adult Swim animated television series, Aqua Teen Hunger Force

See also

• Bostonian (disambiguation)
• New Boston (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "Boston"

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