borough
noun/ˈbʌrə/
/ˈbɜːrəʊ/
- 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.
Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsc2- the New York borough of Queens
- to establish unemployment committees in all metropolitan boroughs
- She served as a local councillor in the London Borough of Westminster.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- county
- metropolitan
- outer
- …
- council
- councillor
- president
- …
- in a/the borough
- throughout a/the borough
- within a/the borough
- …
Word OriginOld English burg, burh ‘fortress, citadel’, later ‘fortified town’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch burg and German Burg. Compare with burgh.Definitions on the go
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