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As a noun, borough means a town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights.
Meanings of borough
9 meaningsnoun
A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights.
An administrative district in some cities, e.g., London.
An administrative unit of a city which, under most circumstances according to state or national law, would be considered a larger or more powerful entity; most commonly used in American English to define the five counties that make up New York City.
Other similar administrative units in cities and states in various parts of the world.
A district in Alaska having powers similar to a county.
An English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliamentlocation
Older and rare meanings (3)
obsoleteA fortified town.
rareA town or city.
historicalUKlegalAn association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behaviour of each other.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).