(in certain states of the U.S.) an incorporated municipality smaller than a city.
one of the five administrative divisions of New York City.
British.
an urban community incorporated by royal charter, similar to an incorporated city or municipality in the U.S.
a town, area, or constituency represented by a Member of Parliament.
(formerly) a fortified town organized as and having some of the powers of an independent country.
(in Alaska) an administrative division similar to a county in other states.
Origin of borough
before 900; Middle English burw(e), borwg(h), borogh, bor(u)g, bur(u)g, burgh town, Old English burg fortified town; cognate with Old Norse borg,Old Saxon, Dutch burg,German Burg castle, Gothic baurgs city; MIr brí, brig,Welsh, Breton bre hill, Avestan bərəz- height; akin to Armenian bardzr, Hittite parkus high. See barrow2.
Top administrative judges as a result moved her to the Bronx that year, and she handled both civil and criminal matters in the borough until her retirement.
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So, inventory grew everywhere — when looking at the borough level — but it grew way more in Manhattan.
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The resulting map arrays the boroughs as more or less concentric rings around a central Manhattan.
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Guy Molinari, a former Staten Island borough president, pushed back against that view.
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The borough officially became the least affordable place to live in America.
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Take, for example, the borough of the Bronx in New York City.
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The disadvantage for the borough is its location in a big blue state.
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Blakeman, who has made over 30 national TV appearances, considered running for Brooklyn borough president in 2013.
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Yet the name of “merchant” and “tradesman” not unfrequently occurs in the descriptions of borough p. 82voters.
Recollections of Old Liverpool|A Nonagenarian
All relate to Corporation accounts and to the financial affairs of the borough.
In the Mayor's Parlour|J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
The manufactures, carried on in the neighbourhood, out of the borough, employ many hundred people.
Pittsburgh in 1816|Various
In 1832, he reached the acme of his ambition, by being returned to the first reformed Parliament for the borough of Oldham.
Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland|Henry B. Stanton
Coke then in his 70th year, was elected for the borough of Liskeard.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850.|Various
British Dictionary definitions for borough
borough
/ (ˈbʌrə) /
noun
a town, esp (in Britain) one that forms the constituency of an MP or that was originally incorporated by royal charterSee also burgh
any of the 32 constituent divisions that together with the City of London make up Greater London
any of the five constituent divisions of New York City
(in the US) a self-governing incorporated municipality
(in medieval England) a fortified town or village or a fort
(in New Zealand) a small municipality with a governing body
Word Origin for borough
Old English burg; related to beorgan to shelter, Old Norse borg wall, Gothic baurgs city, Old High German burg fortified castle