Definitions for borough

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borough bor·ough

Spelling: [bur-oh, buhr-oh]

IPA: /ˈbɜr oʊ, ˈbʌr oʊ/

Borough is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 91 anagrams from letters in borough (bghooru).

Definitions for borough

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. an urban community incorporated by royal charter, similar to an incorporated city or municipality in the U.S. a town, area, or constituency represented by a Member of Parliament. (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 of borough

before 900; Middle English burw(e), borwg(h), borogh, bor(u)g, bur(u)g, burgh town, Old English burg fortified town; cognate with Old Norse borg, Old Saxon, Dutch burg, German Burg castle, Go

Examples for borough

Put him in for a borough, and he would be just as well content as if he carried the county.

Blakeman, who has made over 30 national TV appearances, considered running for Brooklyn borough president in 2013.

We were at borough Farm when the vision of it first came upon me.

But borough and the common are still here--as war has made them.

There is a dog residing in the borough of Southwark who keeps a blind man.

The borough officially became the least affordable place to live in America.

The disadvantage for the borough is its location in a big blue state.

"If only the Mayor of the borough had performed the ceremony," Gilbert lamented.

Take, for example, the borough of the Bronx in New York City.

Guy Molinari, a former Staten Island borough president, pushed back against that view.