This contrasts with the powers of boroughs in Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, where a borough is an independent level of government; as well as with borough forms used in other states, in Greater London, and boroughs in the United Kingdom.
The meaning of BOROUGH is a medieval fortified group of houses forming a town with special duties and privileges. How to use borough in a sentence.
When a borough is part of a big city, it represents a more formal division than just a neighborhood. It’s a separate town, often one that has its own government.
In Alaska, a borough is a political division similar to a county in other states.
A borough is a town, or a district within a large town, which has its own council.
borough (ˈbarə) , ((American) ˈbə:rəu) noun in Britain, a town or area with certain rights. municipio
Noun borough (plural boroughs) (obsolete) A fortified town. (rare) A town or city. A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights. An administrative district in some cities, e.g., London.
Townships and boroughs are both local government units, but they differ in how they're governed and what they offer residents — and the word "borough" means something different in Alaska and New York.
borough (noun) borough / ˈ bɚroʊ/ noun plural boroughs Britannica Dictionary definition of BOROUGH [count] 1 : a village, town, or part of a large city that has its own government
Definition of borough noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.