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BNC: 3150 COCA: 11872

borough

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
borough /ˈbɚroʊ/ noun
plural boroughs
borough
/ˈbɚroʊ/
noun
plural boroughs
Learner's definition of BOROUGH
[count]
1 
: a village, town, or part of a large city that has its own government自治镇；（城市的）行政区
◊ Boroughs are found in a number of English-speaking countries. They are much more common in Great Britain than in the U.S.自治镇见于一些说英语的国家，在英国比在美国更常见。
2 
: one of the five main sections of New York City纽约市五个主要行政区之一
BNC: 3150 COCA: 11872

borough

noun

bor·​ough ˈbər-(ˌ)ō How to pronounce borough (audio)
ˈbə-(ˌ)rō
1
a
: a medieval fortified group of houses forming a town with special duties and privileges
b
: a town or urban constituency in Great Britain that sends a member to Parliament
c
: an urban area in Great Britain incorporated for purposes of self-government
2
a
: a municipal corporation proper in some states (such as New Jersey and Minnesota) corresponding to the incorporated town or village of the other states
b
: one of the five constituent political divisions of New York City
3
: a civil division of the state of Alaska corresponding to a county in most other states

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Police work along a stretch of beach at Coney Island after a mother is suspected of drowning her children in the ocean on September 12, 2022 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. C Mandler, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2022 Varvaro was raised in the New York City borough of Staten Island and drafted out of St. John's University by the Seattle Mariners in 2005. Dennis Romero, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2022 The family, which later changed its surname, settled in the New York City borough of Queens, and his father resumed his career as an insurance company executive. Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2022 The district includes most of the North Shore of Long Island – from northwest Suffolk County, across northern Nassau County, and into the northeastern corner of the New York City borough of Queens. Brian Flood, Fox News, 8 Sep. 2022 The New York City Council is still hammering out the details of a bill that would delineate the boundaries of Times Square, which sprawls the Midtown region in the borough of Manhattan. Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022 Quontic Bank, based in the New York City borough of Queens, grew into a lender with a reputation for fostering homeownership among the city’s immigrant population. Ben Eisen, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022 Sophia Chang hails from the borough of Queens, New York, and in less than a decade managed to champion a name for herself in the art, design and streetwear community worldwide. Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022 The African American and Puerto Rican owner combined a curated book selection and a wine bar to create a place of leisure and social interaction in the Bronx borough of New York City. Katarina Avendano, Good Housekeeping, 3 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English burgh, from Old English burg fortified town; akin to Old High German burg fortified place, and probably to Old English beorg hill — more at barrow

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of borough was before the 12th century

Phrases Containing borough

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BNC: 3150 COCA: 11872
borough

noun

ADJECTIVE | BOROUGH + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤county, metropolitan (both in the UK) 郡級自治市；大都市的行政區➤outer外行政區BOROUGH + NOUN➤council, councillor (in the UK) , president (in the US) 自治市政務會；政務委員；（紐約市的）行政區區長➤resident自治市居民➤park, school自治市公園／學校PREPOSITION➤in a/the borough, throughout a/the borough, within a/the borough在自治市裏；遍佈自治市；在自治市以內◇There are factories scattered throughout the borough.工廠遍佈自治市各地。➤borough of⋯的行政區◇the New York borough of Queens紐約昆斯區◇the London borough of Lewisham倫敦劉易舍姆區

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