Brookline

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proper noun

A town in Massachusetts, which is an exclave of Norfolk County.

Less commonScrabble 15

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A number of places in the United States.
    1. A town in Massachusetts, which is an exclave of Norfolk County.

      Newton joins Brookline and a dozen other towns that have adopted similar bans, including Belchertown, Chelsea, Concord, Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Melrose, Needham, Pelham, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester, according to the state Department of Public Health.

      2025 January 22, Nick Stoico, “Newton city council approves generational tobacco ban, joining other Mass. towns”, in Boston Globe, archived from the original on 23 Jan 2025
    2. A former village in Greene County, Missouri, now part of the city of Republic.

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APA

Brookline. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Brookline

MLA

“Brookline.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Brookline. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Brookline,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Brookline.

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