Synonyms for borough
ˈbɜr oʊ, ˈbʌr oʊbor·ough

Princeton's WordNet

1. boroughnoun

   one of the administrative divisions of a large city

2. boroughnoun

   an English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament

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1. • Administrative District
   • Town

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1. boroughnoun

   Synonyms:
   town (in England, a town represented in parliament)

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1. List of paraphrases for "borough":

   rounding, arrondissement, district, municipality

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1. John King:

   In a statement from Cuomo’s office, four staffers who were on that flight dispute Boylan’s story and the governor’s press secretary says her claims of inappropriate behavior are ‘quite simply false.’ Boylan is running for Manhattan borough president. She first accused the governor of sexual harassment on Twitter back in December.

2. Thaddeus Kobylarz:

   At least nine of these students are in Chatham Borough, we do not know how big this outbreak will be. We do not know how many secondary infections there will be.

3. Al Sharpton:

   I've known Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams 35 years, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams always was in Brooklyn, eric Adams had a mayor for 12 years who used to go to Bermuda for the weekend.

4. Getty Images:

   In 2019, the North Slope Borough brought in [about] $394 million in property taxes from the oil industry. This consistent stream of revenue has allowed the NSB to build a new hospital, several community buildings, establish an elite search and rescue program complete with med-evac service, and establish an investment account fashioned after the Permanent Fund to generate revenue from investments and preserve wealth for future generations, that investment account totaled over $900 million in 2019.

5. Mayor Henri Schepens:

   He was so full of life, it’s just unbelievable that he’s gone, the Milford Borough Council is deeply saddened by the loss and our hearts go out to his family.