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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.
[1913 Webster]


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.
[1913 Webster]

2. The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a
borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax.
[1913 Webster]

{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.
[1913 Webster]

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 - Wikipedia
    A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely A borough is usually smaller than a city
  • BOROUGH Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of BOROUGH is a medieval fortified group of houses forming a town with special duties and privileges
  • BOROUGH | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    In Alaska, a borough is a political division similar to a county in other states
  • 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
  • Borough (United States) - Wikipedia
    A borough is a self-governing entity that is generally smaller than a city If an area is not governed by either a borough or city, then the area is governed as a township
  • The Boroughs (TV Series 2026) - IMDb
    The Boroughs: Created by Jeffrey Addiss, Will Matthews With Alfred Molina, Alfre Woodard, Denis O'Hare, Clarke Peters In a seemingly picturesque retirement community, a group of unlikely heroes must band together to stop an otherworldly threat from stealing the one thing they don't have - time
  • BOROUGH Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    When a borough is part of a big city, it represents a more formal division than just a neighborhood It’s a separate town, often one that has its own government
  • BOROUGH | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
    In Alaska, a borough is a political division similar to a county in other states
  • Borough - definition of borough by The Free Dictionary
    This honourable name had figured constantly also in the Parliamentary list for many years, in conjunction with that of a number of other worthy gentlemen who sat in turns for the borough
  • borough - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
    Noun borough (plural boroughs) A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights An administrative district in some cities, e g , London





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