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Boston - Wikipedia Jump to content Main menu Main menu move to sidebar hide Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Special pages Search Search Appearance Donate Create account Log in Personal tools Donate Create account Log in Contents move to sidebar hide (Top) 1 Etymology 2 History Toggle History subsection 2.1 Indigenous era 2.2 European settlement 2.3 American Revolution and Siege of Boston 2.4 Post-revolution and the War of 1812 2.5 19th century 2.6 20th century 2.7 21st century 3 Geography Toggle Geography subsection 3.1 Neighborhoods 3.2 Environment 3.3 Climate 4 Demographics Toggle Demographics subsection 4.1 Ethnicity 4.2 Income 4.3 Religion 5 Economy 6 Education Toggle Education subsection 6.1 Primary and secondary 6.2 Colleges and universities 7 Government 8 Public safety 9 Culture 10 Sports 11 Parks and recreation 12 Media Toggle Media subsection 12.1 Newspapers 12.2 Radio and television 13 Infrastructure Toggle Infrastructure subsection 13.1 Healthcare 13.2 Transportation 14 Notable people 15 International relations 16 See also 17 Notes 18 References 19 Works cited 20 Further reading 21 External links Toggle the table of contents Boston 180 languages Afrikaans Alemannisch አማርኛ Aragonés Ænglisc العربية ܐܪܡܝܐ مصرى Asturianu Aymar aru Azərbaycanca تۆرکجه Башҡортса Basa Bali Žemaitėška Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Беларуская Български Bislama Bamanankan বাংলা བོད་ཡིག Brezhoneg Bosanski Català 閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄ Нохчийн Cebuano Chamoru کوردی Corsu Čeština Чӑвашла Cymraeg Dansk Dagbanli Deutsch Zazaki Dolnoserbski डोटेली Ελληνικά Emiliàn e rumagnòl Esperanto Español Eesti Euskara فارسی Suomi Na Vosa Vakaviti Føroyskt Français Arpetan Nordfriisk Frysk Gaeilge 贛語 Gàidhlig Galego گیلکی 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺 Gaelg Hausa 客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî Hawaiʻi עברית हिन्दी Hrvatski Hornjoserbsce Kreyòl ayisyen Magyar Հայերեն Արեւմտահայերէն Interlingua Bahasa Indonesia Interlingue Ilokano Ido Íslenska Italiano 日本語 Jawa ქართული Taqbaylit Gĩkũyũ Қазақша ಕನ್ನಡ 한국어 کٲشُر Kurdî Kernowek Кыргызча Latina Ladino Lëtzebuergesch Lingua Franca Nova Ligure Ladin Lombard Lingála ລາວ Lietuvių Latviešu Malagasy Олык марий Māori Македонски മലയാളം Монгол मराठी Кырык мары Bahasa Melayu Malti Mirandés မြန်မာဘာသာ مازِرونی नेपाल भाषा Nederlands Norsk nynorsk Norsk bokmål Occitan Ирон ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Kapampangan Papiamentu Picard पालि Polski Piemontèis پنجابی Ποντιακά Português Runa Simi Romani čhib Română Русский संस्कृतम् Саха тыла Sardu Sicilianu Scots سنڌي Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Simple English Slovenčina Slovenščina Anarâškielâ Soomaaliga Shqip Српски / srpski Svenska Kiswahili Ślůnski தமிழ் తెలుగు Тоҷикӣ ไทย Tagalog Tolışi Toki pona Türkçe Татарча / tatarça Twi Удмурт ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche Українська اردو Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча Vèneto Vepsän kel’ Tiếng Việt Volapük Winaray 吴语 მარგალური ייִדיש Yorùbá Zeêuws 閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gí 粵語中文 Edit links Article Talk English Read Edit View history Tools Tools move to sidebar hide Actions Read Edit View history General What links here Related changes Upload file Permanent link Page information Cite this page Get shortened URL Switch to legacy parser Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Abstract Wikipedia Wikimedia Commons Wikinews Wikiquote Wikisource Wikivoyage Wikidata item Appearance move to sidebar hide Coordinates: 42°21′37″N 71°3′28″W / 42.36028°N 71.05778°W / 42.36028; -71.05778 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Capital and largest city in Massachusetts, United States This article is about the U.S. city. 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