Definition

1. Noun:
   • A town or district that is an administrative unit, especially in England: A "borough" is a town or urban area that has its own local government and is represented in Parliament.
   • One of the five administrative divisions of New York City: In the context of New York City, a "borough" refers to one of its five major administrative districts: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The historic borough of Westminster is in central London.
  • She lives in the borough of Brooklyn.

Advanced Usage

• "Parliamentary borough": A borough that elects a member to Parliament.
  • The city was designated a parliamentary borough in the 19th century.
• "County borough": (Historical UK usage) A borough that had the powers of both a borough and a county.
  • Before the 1974 reforms, Cardiff was a county borough.

Variants and Related Words

• Borough council (n): The governing body of a borough.
  • The borough council approved the new park.
• Borough-wide (adj): Affecting or including the entire borough.
  • They organized a borough-wide clean-up campaign.

Synonyms

• District: A defined area within a city or region for administrative purposes.
• Municipality: A city or town with its own local government.

Related Phrases

• "The Borough": Sometimes used to refer specifically to the Borough of Southwark in London.
  • The Globe Theatre is located in the Borough.

Noun

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