Burlington

//ˈbɝ.lɪŋ.tən// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
  2. 2
    A community in Nova Scotia.
  3. 3
    A city in Ontario; named for Bridlington, Yorkshire (formerly "Burlington").
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the shire town of Chittenden County, Vermont; the largest city in Vermont; perhaps named for Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, or the prominent Burling family of New York.

    "In a normal city, cars roll through these situations; if they see an opening, they take it. But this is Burlington, one of the most socially enlightened cities in America, and drivers here are aware that America has degenerated into a car-obsessed culture, where developers pave over paradise to put up parking lots; […]."

  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A home rule municipality, the county seat of Kit Carson County, Colorado.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Kane County, Illinois.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A small town in Carroll County, Indiana; named for Burlington, a Wyandot chief.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Des Moines County, Iowa; named for the city in Vermont.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Coffey County, Kansas; named for the city in Vermont.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place, the county seat of Boone County, Kentucky.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; A small town in Penobscot County, Maine.
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts; said to be named for Bridlington, Yorkshire.
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Calhoun County, Michigan.
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Burlington County, New Jersey; a suburb of Philadelphia; named for Bridlington, Yorkshire.
  11. 16
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in New York; named for the city in New Jersey.
  12. 17
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Alamance County and Guilford County, North Carolina.
  13. 18
    A number of places in the United States:; A small city in Ward County, North Dakota; named for the city in Iowa.
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    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Ohio.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Lawrence County, Ohio; named for the city in Vermont.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A small town in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.
  17. 22
    A number of places in the United States:; A small borough of Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
  18. 23
    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Skagit County, Washington.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Mineral County, West Virginia.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A city in Racine County and Walworth County, Wisconsin; named for the city in Vermont.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Racine County, Wisconsin.
  22. 27
    A number of places in the United States:; A small town in Big Horn County, Wyoming.
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    A number of places in the United States:; A number of townships in the United States, listed under Burlington Township.
  24. 29
    Abbreviation of Earl of Burlington. abbreviation, alt-of
  25. 30
    Ellipsis of Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

    "One night, October 17, 1944, Burlington coupled 82 cars of Christmas mail for servicemen behind an O5A!"

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"In a normal city, cars roll through these situations; if they see an opening, they take it. But this is Burlington, one of the most socially enlightened cities in America, and drivers here are aware that America has degenerated into a car-obsessed culture, where developers pave over paradise to put up parking lots; […]."

Etymology

From Burling + -ton. The town in Newfoundland derives from a variant of the name Bridlington in Yorkshire and may have been informed by the name of Burlington, Ontario.

Related phrases

Burlington Countyboone countyburlington countycensus designated placechittenden countycoffey countycounty seatdes moines countykit carson countynew jerseynew yorknewfoundland and labrador

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