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Boca

Boca

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A famous Argentine football team from Buenos Aires
  • proper noun
: Boca Juniors
  • Club Atlético Boca Juniors is known for its passionate supporters and rich history in Argentine football.

Examples

  • There are bars in La Boca that stay open all night.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • He dreams of one day watching a live match at the iconic stadium of Boca Juniors.

  • - I was in Boca for a week.

    Go Go Tales (2007)

  • We go to Boca this weekend, you and me...

    L.I.E. (2001)

  • I could hook you up in Boca.

    Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)

  • Can we really compare Arsenal to Boca if they have never played each other?

    Blog text (13)

  • I'm gonna be doing dinner theater in Boca Raton.

    Bewitched (2005)

  • You think you were going to work for a few years, collect your 401 K and retire to Boca Raton?

    Catch.44 (2011)

  • The Timbers defend their goal against the Boca Juniors at PGE Park earlier this season.

    Blog text (7)

  • Carol Righi is a software developer for IBM in Boca Raton, Florida.

    Academic text (1993)

Surface Forms

Boca main

Etymology

Boca is Spanish for 'mouth' and comes from the Buenos Aires neighbourhood La Boca, named because the river opens there like a mouth. So calling the team Boca is simply using the name of their home place for Club Atlético Boca Juniors.