Boston, Massachusetts

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city state capital

Boston, Massachusetts is a historic New England city and the capital of Massachusetts, known for its pivotal role in the American Revolution, prestigious universities, and cultural and economic influence.

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All labels observed (22)

Label Occurrences
Boston 2,140
Boston, Massachusetts canonical 1,665
Boston, Massachusetts, United States 582

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
state capital ⓘ
borderedBy Brookline ⓘ
surface form: Brookline, Massachusetts

Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
Chelsea, Massachusetts ⓘ
Quincy ⓘ
surface form: Quincy, Massachusetts

Somerville, Massachusetts ⓘ
capitalOf Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countySeatOf Suffolk County, Massachusetts ⓘ
event Boston Massacre ⓘ
Boston Tea Party ⓘ
Siege of Boston ⓘ
foundedBy Puritan settlers from England ⓘ
foundedIn 1630 ⓘ
governedBy Mayor–Council government system ⓘ
hasAirport Logan International Airport ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Boston Public Library (Copley Square main branch) ⓘ
Boston Symphony Orchestra ⓘ
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum ⓘ
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ⓘ
hasHistoricSite Bunker Hill Monument ⓘ
Faneuil Hall ⓘ
Old North Church ⓘ
Old State House ⓘ
hasNickname Beantown ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: The Cradle of Liberty

The Hub ⓘ
hasPort Port of Boston ⓘ
hasSportsTeam Boston Bruins ⓘ
Boston Celtics ⓘ
Boston Red Sox ⓘ
New England Patriots ⓘ
surface form: New England Patriots (plays in nearby Foxborough)
hasSportsVenue Fenway Park ⓘ
TD Garden ⓘ
hasTransitSystem MBTA ⓘ
surface form: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
hasUniversity Boston College (in the Boston metropolitan area) ⓘ
Boston University ⓘ
Northeastern University ⓘ
knownFor cultural institutions and museums ⓘ
financial and innovation sectors ⓘ
historic Freedom Trail ⓘ
medical and biotech research ⓘ
prestigious universities and colleges ⓘ
role in the American Revolution ⓘ
sports teams and passionate fan base ⓘ
locatedIn Suffolk County, Massachusetts ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOn Atlantic coast ⓘ
majorEvent Boston Marathon ⓘ
majorIndustry finance and insurance ⓘ
healthcare and biotechnology ⓘ
higher education ⓘ
technology and innovation ⓘ
metropolitanAreaPopulation over 4,800,000 (Greater Boston, early 2020s) ⓘ
namedAfter Boston, Lincolnshire, England ⓘ
nearUniversity Harvard University ⓘ
surface form: Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
surface form: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
officialLanguageStatus English is the predominant language ⓘ
partOf Greater Boston ⓘ
surface form: Greater Boston metropolitan area
population approximately 650,000 (city proper, early 2020s) ⓘ
region New England ⓘ
state Massachusetts ⓘ
traversedByRiver Charles River ⓘ

Referenced by (4,726)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Port of Boston → locatedIn → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston
Boston Consortium → location → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston
Harvard Business School → city → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston
Harvard Business School → locatedIn → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
James Bowdoin → placeOfBirth → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston
James Bowdoin → placeOfDeath → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston
James Bowdoin → workLocation → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston
James Bowdoin → residence → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston
John Hancock → placeOfDeath → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
John Hancock → residence → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
John Bardeen → placeOfDeath → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
North American Review → originalPublisher → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
Mystic River Reservation → locatedNear → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
Encore Boston Harbor casino resort → nearestMajorCity → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
subject surface form: Encore Boston Harbor
this entity surface form: Boston
Belmont High School → locatedNear → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
Boston Massacre → hasLocation → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston
Government of Massachusetts → capital → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston
Government of Massachusetts → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court → location → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
Hult International Business School → campus → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston
MBTA Red Line → servesCity → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston
Lexington → hasNearbyCity → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
subject surface form: Lexington, Massachusetts
Lexington → isSuburbOf → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
subject surface form: Lexington, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Bay → locatedNear → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston
Ayer → hasRailConnectionTo → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston
South Acton → serves → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
Harvard Medical School → city → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston
Federal Art Project → workLocation → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston
Tea Act → locationOfNotableProtest → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston
Court of Oyer and Terminer → location → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
Cotton Mather → placeOfBirth → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Cotton Mather → placeOfDeath → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Cotton Mather → activeIn → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston
1903 World Series → city1 → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston
Curse of the Bambino → geographicContext → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
Red Sox Nation → associatedWithCity → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston
Green Monster → locatedIn → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston
Green Monster → city → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston
Georges Longy → residence → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston
Georges Longy → workLocation → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston
North Shore → adjacentTo → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
subject surface form: North Shore (Massachusetts)
this entity surface form: Boston
Francis H. Underwood → workLocation → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. → deathPlace → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Massachusetts Department of Transportation → headquartersLocation → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
Irish American → notableCityOfSettlement → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston
Greek American → notableSettlementArea → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston
ET → usedInCity → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston
Massachusetts State House (colonial sites) → locatedIn → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston
Massachusetts State House (colonial sites) → city → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston
Harvard Crimson men’s basketball → homeArenaLocation → Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ