borough

Noun
  1. One of the administrative divisions of a large city (synset 108558095)
    is a type of: administrative district, administrative division, territorial division - a district defined for administrative purposes
    specific instances:
    • greenwich - a borough of Greater London on the Thames; zero degrees of longitude runs through Greenwich; time is measured relative to Greenwich Mean Time
    • city of westminster, westminster - a borough of Greater London on the Thames; contains Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey
    • bronx - a borough of New York City
    • brooklyn - a borough of New York City
    • manhattan - one of the five boroughs of New York City
    • queens - a borough of New York City
    • staten island - a borough of New York City
  2. An English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament (synset 108557579)
    is a type of: town, townsfolk, townspeople - the people living in a municipality smaller than a city
    subtypes:
    • burgh - a borough in Scotland
    • pocket borough - a sparsely populated borough in which all or most of the land is owned by a single family
    • rotten borough - an English parliamentary constituency with few electors

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