borough

noun

Definition of boroughnext
as in city

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Recent Examples of borough With a new grocery store planned in each borough, NYC Groceries will make healthy food more affordable. — Greg Silverman, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026 Not the local congressman, the Bronx borough president or the local community board. — Sam Blum, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026 O’Higgins spent about two years in Richmond, and his connection to the house is marked by an English Heritage Blue Plaque; a bust of him stands nearby in O’Higgins Square, where the borough celebrates his birthday each year. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 17 Aug. 2026 Bergenfield Mayor Arvin Amatorio said borough officials are prepared to assist the family. — Bytoni Yates, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for borough
Recent Examples of Synonyms for borough
  1. city
  2. town
  3. municipality
  4. metropolis
  5. burg
Noun
  • The story follows Ana, a young Black French woman who, following the death of her grandmother, travels to her matriarch’s birth city of Belo Horizonte.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The fair will bring together galleries from 63 cities in 36 countries, including 36 galleries (around 43 percent) with locations in the SWANA region.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of city
Noun
  • At least 165 people have been killed, and hundreds more are missing after catastrophic floods swept through towns and valleys along the border between Nepal and China's Tibet region.
    — Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Last awards season, the gossip around town, salacious and disturbing in equal measure, was that hotel suites all over Hollywood were populated by tailors taking in gowns coming straight off the runway.
    — Marti Noxon, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of town
Noun
  • Naalakkersuisut and Greenland's municipalities are developing zoning rules under the Tourism Act that would establish which areas are open to cruise tourism and which would face restrictions, according to the release.
    — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Nearly 80% of the people in this rural municipality live in poverty.
    — Alfredo Sosa, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of municipality
Noun
  • Johannesburg’s Cultural Evolution Johannesburg (also known as Joburg or Jozi) is South Africa’s largest metropolis and the epicenter of its complex cultural evolution.
    — Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Its capital, Panama City, is a thriving metropolis largely powered by industries stemming from the Panama Canal, like banking and maritime services.
    — DeMarco Williams, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of metropolis
Noun
  • That’s when the pop-up Pound4Pound Grilled Burgers typically arrives to grill up some fabulous-looking ‘burgs.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Because the church holds a lot of sway in this backwoods burg, and unsurprisingly, such couplings are frowned upon by the extremely conservative, extremely close-minded population.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026
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“Borough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/borough. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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