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bor·ough    Audio Help   [bur-oh, buhr-oh] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.(in certain states of the U.S.) an incorporated municipality smaller than a city.
2.one of the five administrative divisions of New York City.
3.British.
a.an urban community incorporated by royal charter, similar to an incorporated city or municipality in the U.S.
b.a town, area, or constituency represented by a Member of Parliament.
c.(formerly) a fortified town organized as and having some of the powers of an independent country.
4.(in Alaska) an administrative division similar to a county in other states.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME burw(e), borwg(h), borogh, bor(u)g, bur(u)g, burgh town, OE burg fortified town; c. ON borg, OS, D burg, G Burg castle, Goth baurgs city; MIr brí, brig, Welsh, Breton bre hill, Avestan bərəz- height; akin to Armenian bardzr, Hittite parkus high. See barrow2.]
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bor·ough    Audio Help   (bûr'ō, bŭr'ō)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A self-governing incorporated town in some U.S. states, such as New Jersey.
  2. One of the five administrative units of New York City.
  3. A civil division of the state of Alaska that is the equivalent of a county in most other U.S. states.
  4. Chiefly British
    1. A town having a municipal corporation and certain rights, such as self-government.
    2. A town that sends a representative to Parliament.
  5. A medieval group of fortified houses that formed a town having special privileges and rights.


[Middle English burgh, city, from Old English burg, fortified town; see bhergh-2 in Indo-European roots.]

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borough 
O.E. burg, burh "castle, manor house, fortified place" (related to beorg "hill"), from P.Gmc. *burgs "fortress" (cf. O.N. borg "wall, castle," Ger. Burg "castle," Goth. baurgs "city"), from PIE *bhrgh "high," with derivatives referring to hills, hill forts, fortified elevations (cf. Welsh bera "stack, pyramid," Skt. bhrant-, Avestan brzant- "high," Gk. Pergamos, name of the citadel of Troy). In Ger. and O.N., chiefly as "fortress, castle;" in Goth. "town, civic community." Meaning shifted M.E. from "fortress," to "fortified town," to simply "town" (especially one possessing municipal organization or sending representatives to Parliament). In U.S. (originally Pennsylvania, 1718) often an incorporated town; in Alaska, however, it is the equivalent of a county. The Scot. form is burgh. The O.E. dative singular byrig is found in many place names as -bury.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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borough

noun
1. one of the administrative divisions of a large city 
2. an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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borough [ˈbarə, (American) ˈbə:rəu] noun
in Britain, a town or area with certain rights
Arabic: بَلْدَةٌ تَتَمَتَّعُ بِحُكْمٍ ذاتي
Chinese (Simplified): 享有特权的自治城市,自治的市镇、区
Chinese (Traditional): 享有特權的自治城市、鎮、區
Czech: výsadní město, samosprávné město
Danish: bykommune; kommune
Dutch: gemeente
Estonian: alev, linnaosa
Finnish: kaupunkikunta, hallintoalue
French: municipalité
German: die Stadtgemeinde
Greek: δήμος, διοικητική περιφέρεια
Hungarian: város
Icelandic: bær eða borg
Indonesian: kotapraja
Italian: (città che gode di autonomia amministrativa)
Japanese: 市または区
Korean: 자치 읍·면
Latvian: pilsēta, *rajons (ar savu pašvaldību)
Lithuanian: miestelis, sritis
Norwegian: by(kommune); valgkrets
Polish: miasto, dzielnica
Portuguese (Brazil): município
Portuguese (Portugal): município
Russian: городок; район
Slovak: obec
Slovenian: okraj
Spanish: municipio
Swedish: stad, stadsdel, kommun
Turkish: kasaba, ilçe, kaza
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Borough

Bar"row\, n. [OE. bergh, AS. beorg, beorh, hill, sepulchral mound; akin to G. berg mountain, Goth. bairgahei hill, hilly country, and perh. to Skr. b?hant high, OIr. brigh mountain. Cf. Berg, Berry a mound, and Borough an incorporated town.]

1. A large mound of earth or stones over the remains of the dead; a tumulus.

2. (Mining) A heap of rubbish, attle, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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