Boston

1. A town and borough in Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3244).

   Apprentice electrician Charlie Ellis Saw, from Boston in Lincolnshire, entered the water at Grasmere in Cumbria on Saturday 8 August, with the aim of swimming to the other side.

   2026 September 1, Ben Winship, “Teen swimmer died trying to cross lake”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 03 Sep 2026, retrieved 03 Sep 2026

2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. The capital and largest city of Massachusetts, the informal capital of New England, and the county seat of Suffolk County.

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      There are faculty advisers on El’s theater crew who balk at using “they” for one person; classmates at El’s public school on the outskirts of Boston who insist El can’t be “multiple people”; and commenters on El’s social media feeds who dismiss nonbinary gender identities like androgyne (a combination of masculine and feminine), agender (the absence of gender) and gender-fluid (moving between genders) as lacking a basis in biology.

      2019 May 29, Amy Harmon, “Which Box Do You Check? Some States Are Offering a Nonbinary Option”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2019

   2. metonymicallyThe Massachusetts government.
   3. An inactive township in Madison County, Arkansas.
   4. A township in Washington County, Arkansas.
   5. A city in Georgia; named for Thomas M. Boston, who found a medicinal spring near the town site.
   6. A township and town therein, in Wayne County, Indiana; named for the city in Massachusetts.
   7. A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
   8. A census-designated place in Nelson County, Kentucky.
   9. A township in Ionia County, Michigan.
   10. An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for the city in Massachusetts.
   11. A town and hamlet therein, in Erie County, New York; named for the city in Massachusetts.
   12. An unincorporated community in Belmont County, Ohio.
   13. An unincorporated community in Highland County, Ohio; named for the city in Massachusetts.
   14. An unincorporated community in Licking County, Ohio.
   15. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Summit County, Ohio; named for the city in Massachusetts.
   16. A census-designated place in Pennsylvania.
   17. An unincorporated community, the county seat of Bowie County, Texas.
   18. A census-designated place in Accomack County, Virginia.
   19. An unincorporated community in Culpeper County and Rappahannock County, Virginia.
3. A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
4. A town in South Australia.
5. A municipality of the Philippines.
6. A village in County Clare, Ireland.
7. A village in Kyrgyzstan.
8. A settlement in Belize.
9. A settlement in Suriname.
10. card gamesAn eighteenth-century trick-taking card game for four players, with two packs of fifty-two cards each.
11. A habitational surname transferred from the place name.
12. rareA male given name transferred from the place name or surname.

plural Bostons

1. card gamesIn the card game spades, a bid of all 13 tricks.
2. A Boston lettuce.