Boston (disambiguation)

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

Boston may also refer to:

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

Kyrgyzstan

Boston, Kyrgyzstan, a small village west of Shoro Bashat on the main road between Jalalabad and Ozgen

Marshall Islands

Ebon Atoll, also known as Boston

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
Boston Lodge, the works of the Ffestiniog Railway in Wales

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
Boston, Texas
Boston Corner, New York
South Boston, Virginia
Boston, Accomack County, Virginia
Boston, Culpeper County, Virginia

Animals

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

Companies

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

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

Food

Boston baked beans (disambiguation)
Boston bun, a large spiced bun with coconut icing
Boston cream pie, a cream-filled dessert

Music

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

People

Boston (surname)
Boston Corbett (Thomas "Boston" Corbett), the Union soldier who shot Abraham Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth
"Boston Billy", nickname for Bill Rodgers (athlete), four-time winner of the Boston Marathon

Ships and airplanes

The A-20 Boston, a WW II-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
SS City of Boston, an ocean liner which disappeared without a trace in 1870
The USS Boston, any of a number of U.S. Navy ships with this name, with the last being decommissioned in 1999

Sports and games

Boston (card game), an 18th-century card game
Boston United, a Conference North football team based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Boston Bears (AFL), team that competed in AFL III in 1940
Boston Bruins, oldest NHL team in the US, third oldest team in the NHL, overall (one of the original six, est. 1924)
Boston Bulldogs (AFL), team that competed in AFL I in 1926
Boston Red Sox, a Major League Baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts
Boston Shamrocks (AFL), team that won the AFL II championship in 1936
Boston Marathon, world's oldest annual marathon
Eight Ball or "Boston", a pocket billiards game
Boston Yanks
Portland Breakers, originally Boston Breakers
Washington Redskins, current NFL member that evolved from Boston Braves/Redskins
Boston, winning or bidding to win every trick in a round of Bid whist
Boston Patriots, member of AFL IV (1960-1969) that currently competes in the National Football League as the New England Patriots

Other

Boston (Hasidic dynasty), a Hasidic dynasty founded in Boston in the early 20th century
Boston (novel), a 1928 work by Upton Sinclair
Boston Blackie, a fictional character in literature, films, radio and television
Boston Camera, a type of camera
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
Boston, the Microsoft pre-release codename for Visual Studio 97, as a reference to Boston, Massachusetts
"Boston the Bear", a geographic Beanie Baby honoring the city of Boston