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Boise

//ˈbɔɪsiː// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A river in Idaho; flowing 102 miles from the confluence of the North and Middle forks in the Sawtooth Range into the Snake near Parma.
  2. 2
    An English habitational surname from Old French, a variant of Boyce.
  3. 3
    The capital and largest city of Idaho, United States, and the county seat of Ada County; probably named for the river.
  4. 4
    A neighborhood of Portland, Oregon; named for American judge Reuben P. Boise.
  5. 5
    A ghost town in Texas.

Etymology

From French la rivière boisée (“the wooded river”).

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