Fenway

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proper noun

A neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Less commonScrabble 15

Meanings

proper noun
  1. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Fenway Park (“home of the Boston Red Sox baseball team”).

Origin

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.

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APA

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

MLA

“Fenway.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fenway. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Fenway,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fenway.

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