Definition of BOROUGH. Meaning of BOROUGH. Synonyms of BOROUGH

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word BOROUGH. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word BOROUGH and, of course, BOROUGH synonyms and on the right images related to the word BOROUGH.

Definition of BOROUGH

Borough
Borough Bor"ough, n. [See Borrow.] (O. Eng. Law) (a) An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other. (b) The pledge or surety thus given. --Blackstone. Tomlins.

Meaning of BOROUGH from wikipedia

- A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing walled town...
- A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of local government district in England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972...
- is a borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive...
- The boroughs of New York City are the five major governmental districts that compose New York City. The boroughs are the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens...
- The Boro or The Borough may refer to: The Borough, an area of London also known as Southwark The Borough (George Crabbe poem) The Boro, a nickname for...
- southernmost borough of New York City, coextensive with Richmond County and situated at the southernmost point of New York. The borough is separated from...
- In the United States Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a borough (sometimes spelled boro) is a self-governing muni****l entity, equivalent to a town in most...
- The London boroughs are the 32 local authority districts that together with the City of London make up the administrative area of Greater London, England;...
- The borough presidents are the chief executives of the five boroughs of New York City. For most of the city's history, the office exercised significant...
- referred to as a borough) in central Stockholm, Sweden. Södermalm borough has a po****tion of around 110,000, making it the most po****ted borough of Stockholm...