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borough::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | townspeople, townsfolk, town |
| Has types | rotten borough, pocket borough, burgh |
borough::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | administrative district, administrative division, territorial division |
Examples of borough
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Became a councillor in the unfashionable south London borough of Merton in 1986.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The borough will host equestrian and modern pentathlon events at Greenwich Park.
From the eadt.co.uk
Penn State is in the borough of State College, the proverbial middle of nowhere.
From the bostonherald.com
Submit your news and views for Chessington, Surbiton or the borough of Kingston.
From the kingstonguardian.co.uk
It gained borough status in 1471 when King Edward IV granted the town a Charter.
From the gazetteseries.co.uk
The Democrat is also a former state assemblyman and Manhattan borough president.
From the washingtonpost.com
The prints could be selected to correspond to the recipient's borough, she said.
From the post-gazette.com
In 1962, both sides of Skinker Boulevard rejected a New York-style borough plan.
From the stltoday.com
The borough, however, is recognized for much more than that geographic misnomer.
From the post-gazette.com
- One of the administrative divisions of a large city
- An English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament
- 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.
- In the U.S. state of Connecticut, a borough is an incorporated section of a town. Borough governments are not autonomous and are subordinate to the government of the town to which they belong. ...
- The city of Montreal is divided into 19 boroughs (in French, arrondissements), each with a mayor and council.
- A borough (sometimes abbreviated Boro on road signs) in the context of New Jersey local government refers to one of five types and one of eleven forms of municipal government.
- New York City, one of the largest cities in the world, is segmented into five boroughs. A borough is a unique form of government that administers the five fundamental constituent parts of the consolidated city. ...
- In the U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a borough is a self-governing municipal entity, usually smaller than a city, and a subdivision of a county. There are 958 boroughs in Pennsylvania.The Pennsylvania Manual, p. 6-3. ...
- A fortified town; a town or city; A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights; An administrative district in some cities, e.g. ...
