BOROUGH
Borough
A borough is an administrative division in various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Borough
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borough
Noun
- A fortified town.
- A town or city.
- A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights.
- An administrative district in some cities, e.g., London.
- An administrative unit of a city which, under most circumstances according to state or national law, would be considered a larger or more powerful entity; most commonly used in American English to define the five counties that make up New York City.
- Other similar administrative units in cities and states in various parts of the world.
- A district in Alaska having powers similar to a county.
- An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behaviour of each other.
- The pledge or surety thus given.
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