Etymology

Fenway

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Today it means: A neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Full definition →

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The story

Named after The Fenway, a thoroughfare in Boston, from fen (“type of wetland”) + way. The road goes by the Back Bay Fens, a marshy public park.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.