borough

Определение borough в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: The area, properly called Southwark, just south of London Bridge; A district in Alaska having powers similar to a county; Other similar administrative units in cities and states in various parts of the world; An administrative unit of a city which, under most circumstances according to state or national law, would be considered a larger or more powerful entity; most commonly used in American English to define the five counties that make up New York City; An administrative district in some cities, e.g., London; A fortified town; a town or city; A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights; an incorporated village or town; {n} a corporation-town, a company; or municipal corporation: dating from as early as the 11th century Typically, a town with a governing corporation, and privileges conferred by a royal charter; A town, whether incorporated or not, that send burgesses to parliament 1 Bl Com 114; 2 id 82; 41 Mo 175 In the United States, not exclusively used with any precise meaning Borough and village may be duplicate names for the same thing 18 Ohio St 507 (1869); A part of a city, having authority over certain local matters The best known boroughs are the five boroughs of New York City; A section of a city that has authority over local matters; an English town that forms the constituency of a member of Parliament; A self-governing incorporated town, larger than a village The term is common to the Northeastern United States; The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea; In Pennsylvania, one type of political subdivision of a county A borough usually consists of urban and sometimes suburban land; 1= Manhattan, 2 = Bronx, 3 = Brooklyn, 4 = Queens, 5 = Staten Island; a self-governing incorporated town, larger than a village The term is common in the Northeastern U S; a self-governing incorporated town, larger than a village; A term (from the Old English burh) used to denote a place with urban characteristics and therefore likely to contain commercial institutions, including a market The term originally indicated the defended character of the place but acquired additional connotations, including the distinctive legal customs, taxation rates and rights to representation enjoyed by the inhabitants of towns in contrast to those of the countryside The privileged inhabitants of towns were known as burgesses Not all settlements which functioned economically or socially as towns were recognised as boroughs; one of the administrative divisions of a large city; Derives from the Old English term burh, which was originally applied to any fortified place, such as a thegn's house or a hilltop -- not necessarily a populated place During the wars between Anglo-Saxons and Danes it was particularly applied to centres of population which were protected with defensive earthworks; such of those centres which continued to flourish in later times came to be boroughs The term burgus often appears to be used in a technical sense, as distinct from "town" (villata), such as in the 1200 proceedings at Ipswich, usually relating to the town as a legal/administrative entity; A part of a city, having authority over certain localmatters The best known boroughs are the five boroughs of New York City; A division of a city with some authority over local affairs; an incorporated township; a division of the state of Alaska; A borough is a town, or a district within a large town, which has its own council. the New York City borough of Brooklyn. a town, or part of a large city, that is responsible for managing its own schools, hospitals, roads etc; {i} self-governing city; quarter, section; The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax; The pledge or surety thus given; In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village, as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut; An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other; an English town that forms the constituency of a member of Parliament one of the administrative divisions of a large city; Bor
borough seat: A city which acts as the center of government for a borough in Alaska, in the United States
borough committee: group of people who manage the affairs of a town
borough council: the organization that controls a borough
borough english: a former English custom by which the youngest son inherited land to the exclusion of his older brothers
-borough: Placename suffix, indicated site of a fortified place
-borough: Placename suffix, indicating a borough
municipal borough: A city or town in England and Wales with an elected town council consisting of a mayor, aldermen and councillors
The increase in the number may perhaps in a great degree be attributed to the increased proportion of apprehensions consequent upon the extensive establishment of an efficient Police in the municipal boroughs, and to the greater facilities in criminal proceedings afforded by the extended grants of local sessions.
rotten borough: A borough that was represented in Parliament although it had very few voters
A borough: burg
boroughs: plural of borough
pocket borough: a sparsely populated borough in which all or most of the land is owned by a single family
pocket borough: A borough in England, before the parliamentary reform of 1832, whose representation was controlled by a single person or family
rotten borough: an English parliamentary constituency with few electors
rotten borough: An election district having only a few voters but the same voting power as other more populous districts

borough

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bor·ough

Турецкое произношение

bırō

Синонимы

precinct, ward, district, community

Произношение

/ˈbərˌō/ /ˈbɜrˌoʊ/

Этимология

[ 'b&r-(")O, 'b&-(")rO ] (noun.) before 12th century. Old English burh, from Germanic *burgs. Cognate with Dutch burg, German Burg, Swedish borg, Persian bur.

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