Definitions of Borough [ˈbɜr oʊ, ˈbʌr oʊ]

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Definition of 'Borough'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

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

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

3.  borough
(in Great Britain)

4.  borough
a self-governing incorporated urban community.

5.  borough
a town or constituency represented by a Member of Parliament.

6.  borough
a medieval fortified town.

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

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME burw(e), bor(u)g town, OE burg fortified town)

Definition of 'Borough'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) borough
one of the administrative divisions of a large city

2. (noun) borough
an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament

Definition of 'Borough'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Borough
in England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village, as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut

2. (noun) Borough
the collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax

3. (noun) Borough
an association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other

4. (noun) Borough
the pledge or surety thus given

Definitions of 'Borough'

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. Borough
in Scotland Burgh, is in its modern sense primarily a town that sends a representative to Parliament; but it is further an area of local government, exercising police, sanitary, and sometimes educational, supervision, and deriving its income from rates levied on property within its bounds, and in Scotland sometimes from "common good" and petty customs. Its charter may be held from the Crown or granted by Parliament.

Translation of 'Borough'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: in Britain, a town or area with certain rights.
Afrikaans: stad, munisipaliteit	Arabic: بَلْدَةٌ تَتَمَتَّعُ بِحُ	Bulgarian: град
Brazilian: município	Czech: výsadní město, samosprávn	German: die Stadtgemeinde
Danish: bykommune; kommune	Greek: δήμος, διοικητική περιφέρ	Spanish: municipio
Estonian: alev, linnaosa	Farsi: شهری که شهردار و قوانین م	Finnish: kunta
French: municipalité	Hebrew: עֲיָרָה	Hindi: उपनगर
Croatian: gradski okrug	Hungarian: város	Indonesian: kotapraja
Icelandic: bær eða borg	Italian: (città che gode di autono	Japanese: 市または区
Korean: (영국) 자치구	Lithuanian: miestelis, sritis	Latvian: [] pilsēta/rajons (ar sav
Malay: kawasan pilihan raya band	Dutch: gemeente	Norwegian: by(kommune); valgkrets
Polish: miasto, dzielnica	Persian: شهری که شهردار و قوانین م	Pashto: هغه ښار چی مستقل ښاروال ا
Portuguese: município	Russian: городок; район	Slovak: obec
Slovenian: okraj	Serbian: opština	Swedish: stad, stadsdel, kommun
Thai: เมืองเล็ก ๆ ที่ปกครองตนเอ	Turkish: kasaba, ilçe, kaza	Taiwanese: 享有某些自治權的城市、鎮、區
Ukrainian: невелике місто, яке має с	Urdu: قصبہ ، علاقہ	Vietnamese: thành phố
Chinese: 享有特权的自治城市，自治的市镇、区
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