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borough en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Received-Pronunciation) audio
• /ˈbɝ.oʊ/ US, hurry–furry merger
• /ˈbʌɹ.oʊ/ (US) without the hurry–furry merger
• /ˈbʌ.ɹə/ (Received-Pronunciation, Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English borwe, borgh, burgh, buruh, from Old English burh, burg, from Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”). Cognate with Dutch burcht, German Burg, Danish borg, Swedish borg, French bourg, Turkish burç. Doublet of Brough, burgh, and Bury.

Meanings

1. A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights.
2. An administrative district in some cities, e.g., London.
   • The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 7, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
3. (New-York, US) An administrative unit of a city which, under most circumstances according to state or national law, would be considered a larger or more powerful entity.
4. Other similar administrative units in cities and states in various parts of the world.
5. A district in Alaska having powers similar to a county.
6. (UK, historical) An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other.
7. (obsolete) A fortified town.
8. (rare) A town or city.

Forms

Deriveds

Woodborough · Ketchikan Gateway Borough · Brookeborough · borough English · multiborough · -boro · boroughmonger · metropolitan borough · Petersburg Borough · Denali Borough · Boroughbridge · boroughhood · Marlborough · pocket borough · boroughitis · interborough · rotten borough · Borough Green · close borough · Conwy County Borough · royal borough · Martinborough · Guysborough · Foxborough · proprietorial borough · Borough · Lyndeborough · boroughholder · outer borough · -borough · borough hall · boroughmaster · boroughwide · Tyngsborough · parliamentary borough · Northwest Arctic Borough · municipal borough · triborough · Peterborough · nomination borough · county borough · borough council · Moultonborough

Relateds

burg · Brough · burgh · -bury

Translations (77)

ja 区 (administrative district) · es municipio (administrative district) · nl district n bestuursdistrict (administrative district) · es concejo (municipal borough) · cmn 鎮 /镇 (administrative district) · ga buirg (municipal borough) · ru го́род (municipal borough) · fi kauppala (municipal borough) · gl concello (administrative district) · ko 구 (administrative district) · fr arrondissement (municipal borough) · cy bwrdeistref (municipal borough) · nds-de Borch (administrative district) · ka უბანი (municipal borough) · cmn 區 /区 (administrative district) · ofs burch (fortified town) · pt distrito (municipal borough) · gl municipio (administrative district) · gl municipio (municipal borough) · sv borg (administrative district) · ru райо́н (administrative district) · goh burg (administrative district) · gd bre (municipal borough) · fi kauppala (administrative district) · dum borch (fortified town) · it borgo (municipal borough) · sco burgh (administrative district) · de Burg (administrative district) · pt distrito (administrative district) · gmw-rfr Burch (administrative district) · got 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃 (municipal borough) · sv borg (municipal borough) · da borg (administrative district) · cmn 自治市 (municipal borough) · ka ოლქი (administrative district) · nl district (municipal borough) · bg район (municipal borough) · fo borg (municipal borough) · pt concelho (municipal borough) · cy bwrdeistref (administrative district) · nds-de Buorch (administrative district) · is borg (municipal borough) · nl deelgemeente (municipal borough) · nl stadsdeel (municipal borough) · ro târg (administrative district) · nn borg (municipal borough) · sw manispaa (administrative district) · pt município (administrative district) · ko 자치구 (municipal borough) · li börch (administrative district) · nds-de Buorch (municipal borough) · ca districte (administrative district) · ka მხარე (administrative district) · de Viertel (municipal borough) · ga brí (administrative district) · nl burcht c vestingstad (fortified town) · de Stadtbezirk (municipal borough) · de Burg (municipal borough) · nds-de Borch (municipal borough) · li börch (municipal borough) · de Gemeinde (administrative district) · ca districte (municipal borough) · fy boarch (fortified town) · de Bezirk (administrative district) · es municipio (municipal borough) · gl concello (municipal borough) · mk о́пштина (municipal borough) · it rione (municipal borough) · mk ре́он (administrative district) · gmw-rfr Burch (municipal borough) · de Quartier (municipal borough) · pt concelho (administrative district) · pt município (municipal borough) · ka რაიონი (administrative district) · bg боро (administrative district) · odt burg (fortified town) · nn borg (administrative district)