Back Bay

proper noun

A neighbourhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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Meanings

proper nounthe Back Bay
  1. A neighbourhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

    […] though cut glass was nothing new in the nineties, it was then especially busy reflecting the dazzling light of fashion from the Back Bay to the fastnesses of the Middle West.

    1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Cut-Glass Bowl”, in Scribner's Magazine
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APA

Back Bay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Back%20Bay

MLA

“Back Bay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Back%20Bay. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Back Bay,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Back%20Bay.

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