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borough    音标拼音: [b'ɚ,o]
n. 自治的市镇,区

自治的市镇,区

borough
n 1: one of the administrative divisions of a large city
2: an English town that forms the constituency of a member of
parliament

Borough \Bor"ough\, n. [See {Borrow}.] (O. Eng. Law)
(a) An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to
the king for the good behavior of each other.
(b) The pledge or surety thus given. --Blackstone.
Tomlins.
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Borough \Bor"ough\, n. [OE. burgh, burw, boru, port, town,
burrow, AS. burh, burg; akin to Icel., Sw., & Dan. borg, OS.
& D. burg, OHG. puruc, purc, MHG. burc, G. burg, Goth.
ba['u]rgs; and from the root of AS. beorgan to hide, save,
defend, G. bergen; or perh. from that of AS. beorg hill,
mountain. [root]95. See {Bury}, v. t., and cf. {Burrow},
{Burg}, {Bury}, n., {Burgess}, {Iceberg}, {Borrow}, {Harbor},
{Hauberk}.]
1. 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. --Burrill. --Erskine.
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2. The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a
borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax.
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{Close borough}, or {Pocket borough}, a borough having the
right of sending a member to Parliament, whose nomination
is in the hands of a single person.

{Rotten borough}, a name given to any borough which, at the
time of the passage of the Reform Bill of 1832, contained
but few voters, yet retained the privilege of sending a
member to Parliament.
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79 Moby Thesaurus words for "borough":
Kreis, Stadt, archbishopric, archdiocese, arrondissement,
bailiwick, banlieue, bishopric, boom town, bourg, burg, burgh,
canton, city, close borough, commune, congressional district,
constablewick, conurbation, county, departement, diocese, district,
duchy, election district, electoral district, electorate, exurb,
exurbia, faubourg, gerrymander, gerrymandered district, ghost town,
government, greater city, hamlet, hundred, magistracy, market town,
megalopolis, metropolis, metropolitan area, municipality, oblast,
okrug, outskirts, parish, pocket borough, polis, precinct,
principality, province, region, riding, rotten borough,
safe district, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shire, shrievalty,
silk-stocking district, single-member district, soke, spread city,
stake, state, suburb, suburbia, swing district, territory, town,
township, urban complex, urban sprawl, urbs, village, ville,
wapentake, ward


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  • Borough (United States) - Wikipedia
    A borough in some U S states is a unit of local government or other administrative division below the level of the state The term is currently used in six states: A type of municipality: Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania (also formerly Michigan and Minnesota)
  • BOROUGH Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of BOROUGH is a medieval fortified group of houses forming a town with special duties and privileges How to use borough in a sentence
  • BOROUGH Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    Borough definition: (in certain states of the U S ) an incorporated municipality smaller than a city See examples of BOROUGH used in a sentence
  • BOROUGH | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    BOROUGH definition: 1 a town, or a division of a large town 2 a town, or a division of a large town 3 one of the… Learn more
  • Borough - definition of borough by The Free Dictionary
    borough a town or village Not to be confused with: burro – small donkey burrow – hole dug in the ground; to dig a hole Abused, Confused, Misused Words by Mary Embree
  • BOROUGH definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    6 meanings: 1 a town, esp (in Britain) one that forms the constituency of an MP or that was originally incorporated by royal Click for more definitions
  • borough noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage . . .
    a town or part of a city that has its own local government the London borough of Westminster; The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of New York He wrote to the borough council, expressing his concerns about the project
  • Borough | Urban, Municipal Local Government | Britannica
    Borough, in Great Britain, incorporated town with special privileges or a district entitled to elect a member of Parliament The medieval English borough was an urban centre identified by a charter granting privileges, autonomy, and (later) incorporation As an autonomous corporation, the borough
  • City vs. Borough — What’s the Difference?
    A city is a large or significant urban area with its government, while a borough is a district within a city, often with some local governance, or a town with municipal status in certain regions
  • Borough - Wikipedia
    The word borough derives from the Old English word burg, burh, meaning a fortified settlement; the word appears as modern English bury, -brough, Scots burgh, [1] borg in Scandinavian languages, and Burg in German





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