"Hub" meaning in English

See Hub in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Hub.wav Forms: the Hub [canonical]
Etymology: From hub. Etymology templates: {{from|en|hub}} hub Head templates: {{en-prop|head=the Hub}} the Hub
  1. (informal) Nickname for Boston: a major city in Massachusetts, United States. Tags: informal Categories (place): Cities in Massachusetts, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Massachusetts, USA, Places in the United States Derived forms: Hubbite
    Sense id: en-Hub-en-name-wLphlO3Q Categories (other): Boston, Nicknames for cities, English entries with incorrect language header, Nicknames Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Nicknames: 96 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Hub.wav Forms: the Hub [canonical], hub [alternative]
Etymology: Clipping of Pornhub, from hub. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|Pornhub}} Clipping of Pornhub, {{from|en|hub}} hub Head templates: {{en-prop|head=the Hub}} the Hub
  1. (Internet slang, euphemistic) Pornhub. Tags: Internet, euphemistic
    Sense id: en-Hub-en-name-m7Zk4CdX Categories (other): English euphemisms
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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