borough

bor·ough  (bûr, br)

n.

1. A self-governing incorporated town in some U.S. states, such as New Jersey.

2. One of the five administrative units of New York City.

3. A civil division of the state of Alaska that is the equivalent of a county in most other U.S. states.

4. Chiefly British

a. A town having a municipal corporation and certain rights, such as self-government.

b. A town that sends a representative to Parliament.

5. A medieval group of fortified houses that formed a town having special privileges and rights.

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[Middle English burgh, city, from Old English burg, fortified town; see bhergh-² in Indo-European roots.]

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borough [ˈbʌrə]

n

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a town, esp (in Britain) one that forms the constituency of an MP or that was originally incorporated by royal charter See also burgh

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) any of the 32 constituent divisions that together with the City of London make up Greater London

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) any of the five constituent divisions of New York City

4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in the US) a self-governing incorporated municipality

5. (Historical Terms) (in medieval England) a fortified town or village or a fort

6. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in New Zealand) a small municipality with a governing body

[Old English burg; related to beorgan to shelter, Old Norse borg wall, Gothic baurgs city, Old High German burg fortified castle]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	borough - one of the administrative divisions of a large city administrative district, administrative division, territorial division - a district defined for administrative purposes
	2.	borough - an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament townsfolk, townspeople, town - the people living in a municipality smaller than a city; "the whole town cheered the team" burgh - a borough in Scotland pocket borough - a sparsely populated borough in which all or most of the land is owned by a single family rotten borough - an English parliamentary constituency with few electors

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borough

noun district, area, community, quarter, region, sector, ward, parish, neighbourhood, locality, locale the New York City borough of Brooklyn

Translations

borough [ˈbʌrə] N → municipio m; (in London, New York) → distrito m

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borough [ˈbʌrə] n

(= town) → municipalité f

(= district) → arrondissement m urbain

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borough

n

(also municipal borough) → Bezirk m, → Stadtgemeinde f

(Parl) → städtischer Wahlbezirk

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borough [ˈbʌrə] n → comune m, circoscrizione f amministrativa; (in London) → distretto

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borough

n borough [ˈbarə, (American ) ˈbə:rəu]

in Britain, a town or area with certain rights. stad, munisipaliteit بَلْدَةٌ تَتَمَتَّعُ بِحُكْمٍ ذاتي град výsadní město, samosprávné město bykommune; kommune die Stadtgemeinde δήμος, διοικητική περιφέρεια municipio alev, linnaosa شهری که شهردار و قوانین مستقل دارد kunta municipalité עֲיָרָה उपनगर gradski okrug város kotapraja bær eða borg (città che gode di autonomia amministrativa) 市または区 (영국) 자치구 miestelis, sritis [] pilsēta/rajons (ar savu pašvaldību) kawasan pilihan raya bandaran gemeente by(kommune); valgkrets miasto, dzielnica município городок; район obec okraj opština stad, stadsdel, kommun เมืองเล็ก ๆ ที่ปกครองตนเอง kasaba, ilçe, kaza 享有某些自治權的城市、鎮、區 невелике місто, яке має самоврядування قصبہ ، علاقہ thành phố 享有特权的自治城市，自治的市镇、区