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Definition of Boise

1. Noun. The capital and largest city of Idaho.

Definition of Boise

1. Proper noun. The capital of the US state of Idaho ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Boise

Literary usage of Boise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Idaho by John Hailey (1910)
"The Major had come from Fort Walla Walla over the miners' trail, through the Boise Basin. The writer of this met him and his troops above the Warm Springs ..."

2. Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society: June 1925, Volume Xxvi, Number 2 by Oregon Historical Society (1907)
"Judge Boise served with high and persistent purpose and fine powers of ... The following account of the life and services of Judge Boise is taken from the ..."

3. Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties by United States, Charles Joseph Kappler (1904)
"... the western boundary of the said Nez Perces Indian Reservation in section twenty-five, township thirty-six north, range five west of the Boise meridian, ..."

4. Calendar of Papers in Washington Archives Relating to the Territories of the by David W. Parker (1911)
"Boise City. SR Howlett to Sec. Seward. Note of introduction for Judge Kelly. ... Boise City. Certified copies of sundry legislative memorials to Congress. ..."

5. Reclaiming the Arid West: The Story of the United States Reclamation Service by George Wharton James (1917)
"THE Boise PROJECT, IDAHO The Snake River Valley was one of the main travelled ... Fort Boise was established for the protection of the emigrants coming to ..."

6. Reclaiming the Arid West: The Story of the United States Reclamation Service by George Wharton James (1917)
"THE Boise PROJECT, IDAHO The Snake River Valley was one of the main travelled ... Fort Boise was established for the protection of the emigrants coming to ..."

7. Reminiscences of a Missionary Bishop by Daniel Sylvester Tuttle (1906)
"Boise Basin was the mining region, forty miles distant from Boise City, ... Boise City is on Boise River, and Boise valley is the farming district up and ..."

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