borough

Pronunciation: /ˈbʌɹ.oʊ/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun one of the administrative divisions of a large city
  2. noun an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament

Etymology

From Middle English borwe, borgh, burgh, buruh, from Old English burh, burg, from Proto-West Germanic *burg, from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”). Cognate with Dutch burcht, German Burg, Danish borg, Swedish borg, French bourg, Turkish burç. Doublet of Brough, burgh, and Bury.

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Broader (hypernyms)
administrative district

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