Words Like BOROUGH

We have put together a list of words that are similar to BOROUGH.

3 Alternative Words Similar to borough

1 Town Noun      Synonym Words Like Town
2 Burgh Noun      Hyponym
3 Queens Noun      Hyponym

1 examples of borough

1 the borough voted to lay a tax

10 definitions of borough

1 In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village, as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
2 The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough.
3 An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other.
4 The pledge or surety thus given.
5 an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament
6 one of the administrative divisions of a large city
7 A self-governing incorporated town in some U.S. states, such as New Jersey.
8 One of the five administrative units of New York City.
9 A civil division of the state of Alaska that is the equivalent of a county in most other U.S. states.
10 Chiefly British A town having a municipal corporation and certain rights, such as self-government.
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