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Boise

American  
[boi-zee, -see] / ˈbɔɪ zi, -si /

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Idaho, in the SW part: built on the site of an army post on the Oregon Trail.


Boise British  
/ -sɪ, ˈbɔɪzɪ /

noun

  1. a city in SW Idaho: the state capital. Pop: 190 117 (2003 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The technology sector is increasingly taking its cues from an understated memory-chip manufacturer based in Boise, Idaho.

From MarketWatch Jun. 25, 2026

The plaintiff in the case, Stacy Seyb, practiced medicine at St. Luke’s Hospital in Boise for more than 20 years before the U.S.

From Slate Jun. 16, 2026

Skeptics remain, with some troubled by the sheer scale of the moves, which span from Seoul to Boise, Idaho.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 1, 2026

They want to move to Boise and he’s trying to get the custody situation resolved.

From Los Angeles Times May 13, 2026

“You remember our freshman year, and I had that brown-and-yellow dress I bought in Boise, and Miriam Ball told me nobody wore those kind of dresses in New York, and I cried all night?”

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

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