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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Boise

city in Idaho, U.S., from French-Canadian boisé, literally "wooded," from French bois "wood," which (with Italian bosco, Spanish bosque, Medieval Latin boscus) apparently is borrowed from the Germanic root of bush (n.). Medieval Latin boscus was used especially of "woodland pasture."

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boise

n. The capital of the US state of Idaho

Gazetteer
Boise -- U.S. County in Idaho
Population (2000): 6670
Housing Units (2000): 4349
Land area (2000): 1902.460148 sq. miles (4927.348953 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 4.303653 sq. miles (11.146409 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1906.763801 sq. miles (4938.495362 sq. km)
Located within: Idaho (ID), FIPS 16
Location: 43.955457 N, 115.858563 W
Headwords:
Boise
Boise, ID
Boise County
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Wikipedia
Boise (disambiguation)

Boise is the capital of the U.S. state of Idaho

Boise may also refer to:

  • Boise, Texas
  • Boise, Portland, Oregon
  • Boise City, Oklahoma
  • Boise County, Idaho
  • Boise (CL-47), a light cruiser commissioned in 1938
  • Boise (SSN-764), a Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine
  • Boise National Forest, a US national forest north and east of the city of Boise, Idaho
  • Boise River

Usage examples of "boise".

They will be staying with us in Boise while we try to locate their guardian.

Yet, every time he imagined his new life in Boise, he pictured coming home from the office each night to Maggie.

More than ever, he was anxious to reach Boise, eager to begin building a law practice so he could support a wife and children.

David tells me one route of the trail follows this Snake River for three hundred miles for those who choose not to cross it and turn toward Boise City.

In the afternoon of the twenty-eighth of August, 1867, the Foster train rolled down the bluffs overlooking the Boise River and into the budding territorial capital.

EMILY DICKENSON Chapter Thirty-six Thursday, August 29, 1867 Boise City, Idaho Territory My dear Aunt Eugenia and dearest Shannon, We arrived in Boise yesterday, and as much as I loved my native Georgia, I think I am going to feel very much at home here.

The wagon train is camped along the Boise River for its second and final night.

Tucker sent a message by stage to Idaho City, which is north of Boise, to alert him to our arrival.

I know he is anxious to begin practicing law in Boise as well as to get his family all settled.

Chapter Thirty-eight The city fathers had laid out the plans for Boise City with care--straight streets and square blocks, nestled between the tree-lined river and the rugged foothills.

Overland Mail and Express Company, joining Boise with cities to the north and east, south and west.

Buildings were going up everywhere along the streets of Boise, houses and businesses alike.

The matched pair of palominos trotted briskly along the country road, quickly leaving Boise behind.

I loved creating the Branigan clan, and it seemed only natural that I would bring Tucker and Maggie to Boise, Idaho, where they could put down roots along the beautiful Boise River in the shadow of the mountains I love.

How was she supposed to know that every firefighter in Boise loved to ride his motorcycle there on a Sunday afternoon for the ambiance?