Back Bay

noun

a prosperous residential and commercial area of Boston, Massachusetts.

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So we purchased that afternoon, through Mr. H——, ten thousand dollars' worth of Back-bay land.
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On the north is the Charles river, which widens here into a broad, originally much broader, inner harbour or back-bay.
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British Dictionary definitions for back bay

back bay

noun

Canadian a small bay or inlet of a lake

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