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borough

a town or village

Not to be confused with:

burro – small donkey

burrow – hole dug in the ground; to dig a hole

bor·ough

(bûr′ō)

1. A self-governing incorporated town in some US 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 US 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.

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

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borough

(ˈbʌrə)

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]

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bor•ough

(ˈbɜr oʊ, ˈbʌr oʊ)

n.

1. (in certain U.S. states) an incorporated municipality smaller than a city.

2. one of the five administrative divisions of New York City.

3. (in Great Britain)

a. a self-governing incorporated urban community.

b. a town or constituency represented by a Member of Parliament.

c. a medieval fortified town.

4. (in Alaska) an administrative division similar to a county in other states.

[before 900; Middle English burw(e), bor(u)g town, Old English burg fortified town]

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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

borough

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

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Translations

بَلْدَةٌ تَتَمَتَّعُ بِحُكْمٍ ذاتي

městosamosprávné město

bykommunekommune

bær eîa borg

miestelissritis

neliela pilsēta/rajonspilsēta/rajons

by valgkrets

ilçe kasaba kaza

享有特权的自治城市自治的市镇、区

borough

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

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

borough

[ˈbʌrə] n

(= town) → municipalité f

(= district) → arrondissement m urbain

borough

(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

borough

(ˈbarə) , ((American) ˈbə:rəu) noun

in Britain, a town or area with certain rights.

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Ambrose, you will form no just opinion of the stupidity of mankind until you have sat upon a Borough Council!" The little man fixed her with a glance of ferocious energy.

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Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council will then receive pounds 551,000, Warwick District Council pounds 333,360, Stratford District Council pounds 322,910, North Warwickshire Borough Council pounds 264,410 and Rugby Borough Council pounds 239,580.

Cash boost to help OAPs stay at home; InBrief

He has called on the borough council to drop the two options, which are part of Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council's Core Strategy consultation., and would allow thousands of houses to swamp the areas and merge them into Coventry.

Community is in danger; HOUSING: MP says village would disappear

The borough council had invested pounds 3 million of council taxpayers' money in the collapsed Icelandic bank, Landsbanki.

Council able to handle pounds 3m 'Icelandic' loss

In the first case of the cases brought by North Warwickshire Borough Council, its environmental health team successfully prosecuted Rosalind Carroll, owner of the Courtyard Coffee Shop at Middleton Craft Centre.

Dirty restaurants pick up fines; GRIME: Prosecution over dirty premises and overflowing cesspool in north Warwickshire

I believe that under Rugby Borough Council we have intensive bird farming units, including battery hen farms, which I find deplorable, especially when in 2012 eggs from caged birds will be unlawful.