boston
n. countable A1 Beginner US //ˈbɑstən// bos·ton
n. a large city in the northeastern United States, known for its history and universities.
n. the capital city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, located in the northeastern United States.
Boston is a historic city in the USA.
We visited the Freedom Trail in Boston to see the sites of the American Revolution.
As a major hub for higher education and biotechnology, Boston continues to attract researchers and students from around the world.
The US city is named after the English town (from which several prominent colonists had come), which itself is sometimes said to be named as a contraction of Botolph's town or Botolph's stone (the name Botolph itself coming from Old English Botwulf, from boda + wulf). However, this is uncertain.