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What do people call South Boston?

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According to English Wikipedia, as at the date of retrieval, South Boston is called “Southie”. urn:lemay:boston:claim:south-boston-vernacular-name-southie

English Wikipedia records the neighborhood as colloquially known as Southie, and the archive holds that attestation as well attested. urn:lemay:boston:claim:south-boston-vernacular-name-southie

South Boston is an official neighborhood of Boston as bounded by the Boston Planning Department, covering 1440 acres. urn:lemay:boston:entity:south-boston

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