What does borough mean?
Definitions for borough
ˈbɜr oʊ, ˈbʌr oʊbor·ough
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word borough.
Princeton's WordNet
boroughnoun
one of the administrative divisions of a large city
boroughnoun
an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament
Wiktionary
boroughnoun
A fortified town
boroughnoun
A town or city.
boroughnoun
A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights.
boroughnoun
An administrative district in some cities, e.g., London.
boroughnoun
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; most commonly used in American English to define the five counties that make up New York City.
boroughnoun
Other similar administrative units in cities and states in various parts of the world.
boroughnoun
A district in Alaska having powers similar to a county.
Boroughnoun
The area, properly called Southwark, just south of London Bridge.
Etymology: See borough
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Boroughnoun
Etymology: borhoe, Saxon.
A borough, as I here use it, and as the old laws still use, is not a borough town, that is, a franchised town; but a main pledge of an hundred free persons, therefore called a free borough, or, as you say, francplegium. For borth, in old Saxon, signifieth a pledge or surety; and yet it is so used with us in some speeches, as Geoffrey Chaucer saith, St. John to Boroh; that is, for assurance and warranty. Edmund Spenser, Ireland.
Wikipedia
Borough
A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely.
ChatGPT
borough
A borough is a town or district that is an administrative division, often in a metropolitan area, within certain countries like England, Canada, and the United States. It can have its own local government, separate from the larger governing body of the region, city, or country it is a part of. The specific rights, responsibilities, and form of government of a borough can vary greatly depending on the country and context.
Webster Dictionary
Boroughnoun
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
Boroughnoun
the collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax
Boroughnoun
an association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other
Boroughnoun
the pledge or surety thus given
Wikidata
Borough
A borough is an administrative division in various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely. The word borough derives from common Germanic *burg, meaning fort: compare with bury, burgh, Burg, borg, pori, burcht, and the Germanic borrowing present in neighbouring Indo-european languages such as borgo, bourg, burgo, purg and durg. The incidence of these words as suffixes to place names usually indicates that they were once fortified settlements. In the Middle Ages, boroughs were settlements in England that were granted some self-government; burghs were the Scottish equivalent. In medieval England, boroughs were also entitled to elect members of parliament. The use of the word borough probably derives from the burghal system of Alfred the Great. Alfred set up a system of defensive strong points; in order to maintain these settlements, he granted them a degree of autonomy. After the Norman Conquest, when certain towns were granted self-governance, the concept of the burh/borough seems to have been reused to mean a self-governing settlement.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Borough
bur′ō, n. a town with a corporation and special privileges granted by royal charter; a town that sends representatives to parliament.—ns. Bor′ough-English, a custom in some ancient English boroughs, by which estates descend to the youngest son or the youngest brother; Bor′oughmonger, one who buys or sells the patronage of boroughs; Bor′ough-reeve, the chief municipal official in some unincorporated English towns prior to 1835.—Close or Pocket borough, a borough the representation of which was in the nomination of some person—common before 1832; County borough, a borough of above 50,000 inhabitants, constituted by the Local Government Act of 1888; Rotten borough, one which still returned members to parliament although the constituency had disappeared—all abolished in 1832.—The Scotch terms are grouped under Burgh. [A.S. burg, burh, a city, from beorgan; Ger. bergen, to protect.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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.
Etymology and Origins
Borough
The Burgh or town which arose on the south side of Old London Bridge, long before the City of London became closely packed with streets and houses.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
BOROUGH
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Borough is ranked #81181 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Borough surname appeared 233 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Borough.
90.9% or 212 total occurrences were White.
3.4% or 8 total occurrences were Black.
2.5% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.
2.5% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
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British National Corpus
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'borough' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3270
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'borough' in Nouns Frequency: #1631
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of borough in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of borough in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of borough in a Sentence
At least nine of these students are in Chatham Borough, we do not know how big this outbreak will be. We do not know how many secondary infections there will be.
How dare Andrew Yang say a retired( NYPD) captain, a state Senator, a Borough president, significant other is an educator... We can't have two homes ? Andrew Yang has two homes. So you don't see the hint of racism in that ? , i live in Brooklyn. I don't live in New Paltz.
I've known Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams 35 years, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams always was in Brooklyn, eric Adams had a mayor for 12 years who used to go to Bermuda for the weekend.
Chambersburg Borough Manager Jeffrey Stonehill:
Tormenting a Borough cashier, rather than pleading not guilty to the offense in a court of law, which is his right, is not an appropriate protest in my opinion.
I know how hard Brooklyn Borough is, i was on the ground when Covid hit the city. I watched the morgues outside of hospitals. I watched family members dropping loved ones off to never see them again.
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