Trimountaine
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Trimountaine was the early colonial name for the area that became Boston, derived from the three prominent hills that once dominated its landscape.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial-era toponym
ⓘ
historical place name ⓘ |
| associatedWith | topographical leveling and landmaking in Boston ⓘ |
| cartographicallyRepresentedIn | early maps of the Boston peninsula ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currentStatus | obsolete place name ⓘ |
| followedBy | Boston (place name) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Tre Mount NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeSpelling | Trimountain ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | Latin for "three mountains" or "three hills" ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Beacon Hill (original larger form)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mount Vernon (hill) NERFINISHED ⓘ Pemberton Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | named soon after English settlement in the 17th century ⓘ |
| influenced | later poetic and historical references to Boston as a city of three hills ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Massachusetts Bay Colony
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New England ⓘ present-day Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | early colonial records of Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ |
| namedAfter | three prominent hills ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being an early name for Boston
ⓘ
reflecting the original three-hill topography of Boston ⓘ |
| precededBy | Indigenous Massachusett names for the area ⓘ |
| refersTo | area that became Boston ⓘ |
| regionType | peninsula ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Boston (place name) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early colonial period ⓘ |
| topographicalFeature | group of three hills ⓘ |
| usedBy | English colonists ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.