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Meanings of hub of the universe in anglès

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boston

State capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services.

        boston
        Usage of hub of the universe in anglès
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        For here was the Athens of America, the hub of the universe.
        Love's Pilgrimage: A Novel
        2
        Torontonians think the hub of the universe is their capital on Lake Ontario.
        The New North
        3
        He is the hub of the universe.
        Child Life in Town and Country / 1909
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        If Boston is the hub of the universe, Concord might be considered as the linchpin which holds it on.
        The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne
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        The darling of the salons of Boston-which called itself the Athens of America and the hub of the universe!
        Love's Pilgrimage: A Novel
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        So from Paris-toher the " hub of the universe"-Madamede Staël, "with wandering steps and slow, took her solitary way."
        Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07: Great Women
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        A lady, not a Bostonian, once said that if Boston were the hub of the universe, Brookline ought to be called the "Sub-hub."
        Public Speaking: Principles and Practice
        8
        The street was so close to Piccadilly Circus, self-proclaimed hub of the universe, but she could have been in the heart of the English countryside.
        The water room
        9
        You have heard Boston perhaps called the " Hub of the universe."
        Public Speaking: Principles and Practice
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        But I have said 'Boston is the hub of the Universe;' I will rest upon that.
        Authors and Friends
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        I step out on my balcony, and the gilded dome of the State House-"theHub of the Universe"-isbut a stone's-throw off.
        America To-day, Observations and Reflections
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        That it constituted any tie between him and the " Hub of the Universe," unless it might be the inverted tie of opposition, he never admitted.
        Literary Hearthstones of Dixie
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        "I begin to feel as if we were quite the hub of the universe, now that the Zepps have acknowledged our existence."
        The Hermit of Far End
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        "Scarborough," Mrs. Flanders wrote on the envelope, and dashed a bold line beneath; it was her native town; the hub of the universe.
        Jacob's Room
        Translations for hub of the universe
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        bostonbóston