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borough

[bur-oh, buhr-oh] / ˈbɜr oʊ, ˈbʌr oʊ /
NOUN
incorporated municipality smaller than a city
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The marina is part of Waltham Forest borough council, and the Mail reported that he had been registered to vote there.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Her food-distribution company buys fresh stalks from farmers in California and trucks them nearly 3,000 miles to a maze of chilled warehouses in New York City’s Bronx borough.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

All 10 city, county, district and borough councils in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent are due to be abolished and replaced with new unitary authorities.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Georgi Stagg, a 70-year-old retiree from the London borough of Lewisham, said her top priorities in local elections are climate change, Palestinians and taxing the wealthy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

The line where they came together reminded me of a place that wasn’t in any borough.

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer




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