Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "borough" can be used as noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Borough Green Boroughbridge Brookeborough Conwy County Borough Denali Borough Foxborough Guysborough Ketchikan Gateway Borough Marlborough Martinborough Northwest Arctic Borough Peterborough Petersburg Borough The Borough Woodborough boro borough English borough council borough hall borough seat boroughholder boroughhood boroughitis boroughmaster boroughmonger boroughwide close borough county borough interborough metropolitan borough multiborough municipal borough nomination borough outer borough parliamentary borough pocket borough rotten borough royal borough triborough

Context

british historical legal

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

administrative district administrative division territorial division town townsfolk townspeople

Type Of (IsA)

administrative district political entity town

Related Terms

Brough burg burgh bury

Related Terms

administrative alaska association brough bur burg burgh bury city corporation district fortify london municipal new york city pledge right similar southwark surety town unit

Synonym Network

boro burg burgh bury

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