borough

[ US /ˈbɝˌoʊ/ ]
[ UK /bˈʌɹɐ/ ]
NOUN
  1. one of the administrative divisions of a large city
  2. an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament
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How To Use borough In A Sentence

  • Because of budget cuts, the Jersey Shore borough of Interlaken is dismissing its entire police force. Carl Gibson: Corporations Are Draining America's Vitality
  • Was there ever such a man?" said Mr. Mordacks to himself, as he rode back to Flamborough against the bitter wind, after "fettling" the affairs of the poor Carroways, as well as might be for the present. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale
  • It is just another London borough, full of trendy rich people who do not appreciate the better things in life.
  • The shop is the first chippy in the borough to get the Heartbeat Award, given by the council to firms which try to help reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.
  • By statute, the borough council has 30 days from the date of the nominations to pick one of the three to become mayor. Home News Tribune - News
  • On the ‘dinosaur coast’, near Scarborough, the footprints of a diplodocus show that the sandstone there was laid down 150 million years ago.
  • The hunt was held on land owned by the Duke of Marlborough.
  • A borough of southwest Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. Population, 25, 609.
  • Furthermore, a temporary local heroin drought was created in the borough.
  • Though the borough claims such a service is uneconomical, a best value review recently completed by the county council recommends developing park and ride around Bedford.
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