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Noun: borough  bur-ow or bú-row [N. Amer], bú-ru [Brit]
  1. One of the administrative divisions of a large city
    "New York City is divided into five boroughs"
     
  2. An English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament
    "The MP represents the borough of Westminster"

Sounds like: burrow, burro

Derived forms: boroughs

Type of: administrative district, administrative division, territorial division, town, townsfolk, townspeople

Encyclopedia: Borough, London