Manhattan is the best-known borough in New York.
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Borough
//ˈbʌ.ɹə//
Synonyms for "borough" (87 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (43)
Related word relations
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More general
6 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
39 entriesShowing 16 of 39 words.
has context
3 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
Translations
77 translations across 35 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- боро noun (administrative district)
- район noun (municipal borough)
Catalan
2 entries- districte noun (administrative district)
- districte noun (municipal borough)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 區 /区 noun (administrative district)
- 自治市 noun (municipal borough)
- 鎮 /镇 noun (administrative district)
Danish
1 entries- borg noun (administrative district)
Dutch
4 entries- burcht c vestingstad noun (fortified town)
- deelgemeente noun (municipal borough)
- district noun (municipal borough)
- district n bestuursdistrict noun (administrative district)
Faroese
1 entries- borg noun (municipal borough)
Finnish
2 entries- kauppala noun (administrative district)
- kauppala noun (municipal borough)
French
1 entries- arrondissement noun (municipal borough)
Galician
4 entries- concello noun (administrative district)
- concello noun (municipal borough)
- municipio noun (administrative district)
- municipio noun (municipal borough)
Georgian
4 entries- მხარე noun (administrative district)
- ოლქი noun (administrative district)
- რაიონი noun (administrative district)
- უბანი noun (municipal borough)
German
4 entries- Bezirk noun (administrative district)
- Burch noun (administrative district)
- Burch noun (municipal borough)
- Burg noun (administrative district)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃 noun (municipal borough)
Icelandic
1 entries- borg noun (municipal borough)
Irish
2 entries- brí noun (administrative district)
- buirg noun (municipal borough)
Italian
2 entries- borgo noun (municipal borough)
- rione noun (municipal borough)
Japanese
1 entries- 区 noun (administrative district)
Korean
2 entries- 구 noun (administrative district)
- 자치구 noun (municipal borough)
Limburgish
2 entries- börch noun (administrative district)
- börch noun (municipal borough)
Low German
4 entries- Borch noun (administrative district)
- Borch noun (municipal borough)
- Buorch noun (administrative district)
- Buorch noun (municipal borough)
Macedonian
2 entries- о́пштина noun (municipal borough)
- ре́он noun (administrative district)
Middle Dutch
1 entries- borch noun (fortified town)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- borg noun (administrative district)
- borg noun (municipal borough)
Old Dutch
1 entries- burg noun (fortified town)
Old Frisian
1 entries- burch noun (fortified town)
Old High German
1 entries- burg noun (administrative district)
Portuguese
4 entries- concelho noun (administrative district)
- concelho noun (municipal borough)
- distrito noun (administrative district)
- distrito noun (municipal borough)
Romanian
1 entries- târg noun (administrative district)
Russian
2 entries- го́род noun (municipal borough)
- райо́н noun (administrative district)
Scots
1 entries- burgh noun (administrative district)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- bre noun (municipal borough)
Spanish
3 entries- concejo noun (municipal borough)
- municipio noun (administrative district)
- municipio noun (municipal borough)
Swahili
1 entries- manispaa noun (administrative district)
Swedish
2 entries- borg noun (administrative district)
- borg noun (municipal borough)
Welsh
2 entries- bwrdeistref noun (administrative district)
- bwrdeistref noun (municipal borough)
West-Frisian
1 entries- boarch noun (fortified town)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Queens is my favorite borough.
Source: tatoeba (2514899)
The Bronx is a borough of New York City.
Source: tatoeba (8492109)
The borough continued to grow as other factories and supporting businesses were established.
Source: tatoeba (11129369)
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