'Bourne' definitions:

Definition of 'bourne'

noun

An archaic term for a boundary [syn: bourn, bourne]

noun

An archaic term for a goal or destination [syn: bourn, bourne]

From: GCIDE

Bourn \Bourn\, Bourne \Bourne\, n. [F. borne. See Bound a limit.] A bound; a boundary; a limit. Hence: Point aimed at; goal. [1913 Webster]
Where the land slopes to its watery bourn. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
The undiscovered country, from whose bourn No traveler returns. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Sole bourn, sole wish, sole object of my song. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
To make the doctrine . . . their intellectual bourne. --Tyndall. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Bourn \Bourn\, Bourne \Bourne\, n. [OE. burne, borne, AS. burna; akin to OS. brunno spring, G. born, brunnen, OHG. prunno, Goth. brunna, Icel. brunnr, and perh. to Gr. ?. The root is prob. that of burn, v., because the source of a stream seems to issue forth bubbling and boiling from the earth. Cf. Torrent, and see Burn, v.] A stream or rivulet; a burn. [1913 Webster]
My little boat can safely pass this perilous bourn. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Bourn

Name :

Bourne, MA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Massachusetts

Population (2000) :

1443

Housing Units (2000) :

946

Land area (2000) :

1.718894 sq. miles (4.451914 sq. km)

Water area (2000) :

1.243635 sq. miles (3.221000 sq. km)

Total area (2000) :

2.962529 sq. miles (7.672914 sq. km)

FIPS code :

07140

Located within :

Massachusetts (MA), FIPS 25

Location :

41.735027 N, 70.612800 W

Note :

some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.