borough

noun/ˈbʌroʊ/

Frequency rank: #5,151 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a town or district that has its own local government, or one of the administrative divisions of a large city.

Illustration for the English word “borough”

Example sentence

She grew up in the borough of Brooklyn, one of the five divisions of New York City.

Synonyms & related words

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