Etymology: [ 'b&r-(")O, 'b&-(")rO ] (noun.) before 12th century. Old English burh, from Germanic *burgs. Cognate with Dutch burg, German Burg, Swedish borg, Persian bur.
The area, properly called Southwark, just south of London Bridge, A district in Alaska having powers similar to a county, 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, Other similar administrative units in cities and states in various parts of the world, An administrative district in some cities, e.g., London, A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights, A fortified town; a town or city, A division of a city with some authority over local affairs; an incorporated township; a division of the state of Alaska, A town, whether incorporated or not, that send burgesses to parliament 1 Bl Com 114; 2 id 82; 41 Mo 175 In the United States, not exclusively used with any precise meaning Borough and village may be duplicate names for the same thing 18 Ohio St 507 (1869), 1= Manhattan, 2 = Bronx, 3 = Brooklyn, 4 = Queens, 5 = Staten Island, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, In Pennsylvania, one type of political subdivision of a county A borough usually consists of urban and sometimes suburban land, or municipal corporation: dating from as early as the 11th century Typically, a town with a governing corporation, and privileges conferred by a royal charter, A section of a city that has authority over local matters, A part of a city, having authority over certain local matters The best known boroughs are the five boroughs of New York City, an English town that forms the constituency of a member of Parliament, one of the administrative divisions of a large city, A term (from the Old English burh) used to denote a place with urban characteristics and therefore likely to contain commercial institutions, including a market The term originally indicated the defended character of the place but acquired additional connotations, including the distinctive legal customs, taxation rates and rights to representation enjoyed by the inhabitants of towns in contrast to those of the countryside The privileged inhabitants of towns were known as burgesses Not all settlements which functioned economically or socially as towns were recognised as boroughs, A part of a city, having authority over certain localmatters The best known boroughs are the five boroughs of New York City, A self-governing incorporated town, larger than a village The term is common to the Northeastern United States, a self-governing incorporated town, larger than a village, a self-governing incorporated town, larger than a village The term is common in the Northeastern U S, Derives from the Old English term burh, which was originally applied to any fortified place, such as a thegn's house or a hilltop -- not necessarily a populated place During the wars between Anglo-Saxons and Danes it was particularly applied to centres of population which were protected with defensive earthworks; such of those centres which continued to flourish in later times came to be boroughs The term burgus often appears to be used in a technical sense, as distinct from "town" (villata), such as in the 1200 proceedings at Ipswich, usually relating to the town as a legal/administrative entity, Bor, an English town that forms the constituency of a member of Parliament one of the administrative divisions of a large city, An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other, The pledge or surety thus given, A borough is a town, or a district within a large town, which has its own council. the New York City borough of Brooklyn. a town, or part of a large city, that is responsible for managing its own schools, hospitals, roads etc, self-governing city; quarter, section, The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax, 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, Placename suffix, indicating a borough, Placename suffix, indicated site of a fortified place, burg, plural of borough,
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The area, properly called Southwark, just south of London Bridge
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A district in Alaska having powers similar to a county
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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
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Other similar administrative units in cities and states in various parts of the world
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An administrative district in some cities, e.g., London
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A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights
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A fortified town; a town or city
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A division of a city with some authority over local affairs; an incorporated township; a division of the state of Alaska
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A town, whether incorporated or not, that send burgesses to parliament 1 Bl Com 114; 2 id 82; 41 Mo 175 In the United States, not exclusively used with any precise meaning Borough and village may be duplicate names for the same thing 18 Ohio St 507 (1869)
In Pennsylvania, one type of political subdivision of a county A borough usually consists of urban and sometimes suburban land
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or municipal corporation: dating from as early as the 11th century Typically, a town with a governing corporation, and privileges conferred by a royal charter
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A section of a city that has authority over local matters
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A part of a city, having authority over certain local matters The best known boroughs are the five boroughs of New York City
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an English town that forms the constituency of a member of Parliament
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one of the administrative divisions of a large city
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A term (from the Old English burh) used to denote a place with urban characteristics and therefore likely to contain commercial institutions, including a market The term originally indicated the defended character of the place but acquired additional connotations, including the distinctive legal customs, taxation rates and rights to representation enjoyed by the inhabitants of towns in contrast to those of the countryside The privileged inhabitants of towns were known as burgesses Not all settlements which functioned economically or socially as towns were recognised as boroughs
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A part of a city, having authority over certain localmatters The best known boroughs are the five boroughs of New York City
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A self-governing incorporated town, larger than a village The term is common to the Northeastern United States
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a self-governing incorporated town, larger than a village
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a self-governing incorporated town, larger than a village The term is common in the Northeastern U S
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Derives from the Old English term burh, which was originally applied to any fortified place, such as a thegn's house or a hilltop -- not necessarily a populated place During the wars between Anglo-Saxons and Danes it was particularly applied to centres of population which were protected with defensive earthworks; such of those centres which continued to flourish in later times came to be boroughs The term burgus often appears to be used in a technical sense, as distinct from "town" (villata), such as in the 1200 proceedings at Ipswich, usually relating to the town as a legal/administrative entity
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Bor
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an English town that forms the constituency of a member of Parliament one of the administrative divisions of a large city
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An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other
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The pledge or surety thus given
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A borough is a town, or a district within a large town, which has its own council. the New York City borough of Brooklyn. a town, or part of a large city, that is responsible for managing its own schools, hospitals, roads etc
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self-governing city; quarter, section isim
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The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax
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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
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Placename suffix, indicating a borough
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-borough
Placename suffix, indicated site of a fortified place
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