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What (who) is Borough - definition
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES
Boroughs; Parliamentary borough; Borough council; Borough Council; Burough; -burg; Borough Councils in the Republic of Ireland; Free Borough; -borough
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borough
['b?r?]
¦ noun
1. Brit. a town (as distinct from a city) with a corporation and privileges granted by a royal charter.
historical a town sending representatives to Parliament.
an administrative division of London.
2. a municipal corporation in certain US states.
each of five divisions of New York City.
Origin
OE burg, burh 'fortress, citadel', later 'fortified town', of Gmc origin; cf. burgh.
borough
(boroughs)
A borough is a town, or a district within a large town, which has its own council.
...the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
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Borough
·noun The pledge or surety thus given.
II. Borough ·noun The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax.
III. Borough ·noun An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other.
IV. Borough ·noun 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.
Wikipedia
Borough
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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.
Examples of use of Borough
1. The issues vary from borough to borough and ward to ward.
2. "Figures from borough to borough vary from one to eight per cent due to the capital‘s huge cultural variety.
3. The 21 developments criticised were in areas controlled by the following local authorities: Bolton metropolitan borough council (3); Bury metropolitan borough council (1); Canterbury city council (2); Castle Point borough council (1); Doncaster metropolitan borough council (1); East Cambridgeshire district council (1); East Riding of Yorkshire council – Beverley (1); East Staffordshire borough council (1); Lichfield district council (1); Medway council (1); Middlesbrough borough council (2); Restormel borough council (1); Runnymede borough council (1); Salford city council (1); Tendring district council (1); West Lindsey district council (1); and West Wiltshire district council (1).
4. Dinkins‘s campaign for Manhattan borough president.
5. Until the Seventies borough councils offered holiday grants.