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   borough

   /ˈbʌrə/

   noun

   • 1. a town or district which is an administrative unit.
   • ▪ a town (as distinct from a city) with a corporation and privileges granted by a royal charter.
   • ▪ a town sending representatives to Parliament.
   • ▪ an administrative division of London.
   • ▪ a municipal corporation in certain US states.
   • ▪ each of five divisions of New York City.
   • ▪ (in Alaska) a district corresponding to a county elsewhere in the US.

   Word Origin Old Englishburg, burh ‘fortress, citadel’, later ‘fortified town’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch burg and German Burg. Compare with burgh.

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