1
a
: a medieval fortified group of houses forming a town with special duties and privileges
b
: a town or urban constituency in Great Britain that sends a member to Parliament
c
: an urban area in Great Britain incorporated for purposes of self-government
2
a
: a municipal corporation proper in some states (such as New Jersey and Minnesota) corresponding to the incorporated town or village of the other states
b
: one of the five constituent political divisions of New York City
3
: a civil division of the state of Alaska corresponding to a county in most other states
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And with each one, there’s a new name, paying homage to the neighborhood or borough where it was created.
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Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2025
Born in the Bronx to an Irish-American mother and a father with Neapolitan roots—a bookmaker and co-owner of a bar on the Throggs Neck peninsula—Ferrara spent his first eight years in the borough’s Morris Park neighborhood.
—Nick Pinkerton, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
The passage of time is powerful, and as Raquel’s fellow daughter of an outer-borough Cyndi Lauper so memorably sang, money really does change everything.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
Three of the five borough presidents — Manhattan’s Mark Levine, Brooklyn’s Antonio Reynoso, and Queens’s Donovan Richards — also support the proposals.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 24 Oct. 2025
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Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2025
Born in the Bronx to an Irish-American mother and a father with Neapolitan roots—a bookmaker and co-owner of a bar on the Throggs Neck peninsula—Ferrara spent his first eight years in the borough’s Morris Park neighborhood.
—Nick Pinkerton, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
The passage of time is powerful, and as Raquel’s fellow daughter of an outer-borough Cyndi Lauper so memorably sang, money really does change everything.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
Three of the five borough presidents — Manhattan’s Mark Levine, Brooklyn’s Antonio Reynoso, and Queens’s Donovan Richards — also support the proposals.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Borough.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/borough. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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borough
noun
bor·ough
ˈbər-ō 
1
a
: a town or urban area in Great Britain that sends a member to Parliament
b
: a self-governing urban area in Great Britain
2
: a self-governing town or village in some states
3
: one of the five political divisions of New York City
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