A borough is an administrative division used in various countries. Usually a borough is a single incorporated town, but certain large city corporations or municipalities are subdivided into boroughs, which enables certain municipal functions to be carried out by the borough and thus providing it with a certain level of autonomy. Boroughs exist in the Canadian province of Quebec, in some states of the United States, and formerly in New Zealand. Boroughs are also to be found in the United Kingdom, more specifically in England and Northern Ireland, and in Israel. Borough is also a generic term for municipal regions, and a part of many place names, such as Borough of Queenscliffe in Australia.

As a suffix, -borough (or -brough) appears in the name of a number of towns and cities in England; in the South of England it is usually found in the form -bury. The suffix -bury is also to be found in the New England region of the United States, whilst -burg (or -burgh) is more common in Scotland and the American South and West. The ending -boro is also common in the American South, especially in North Carolina. Borough is a rare surname, most common in the UK and USA.

Pronunciation

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In many parts of England, "borough" is pronounced as "Burrah" () as an independent word, and as when forming a suffixal part of a place-name. As a suffix, "-brough" is usually pronounced .

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RT @djCodeRed_: #truth RT @wtfdawkins: #onlyonstatenisland do 10 ppl get killed in a week and no other boroughs kno bout it
Mictmusic (mike thompson) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:03:17 -0000
RT @djCodeRed_: #truth RT @wtfdawkins: #onlyonstatenisland do 10 ppl get killed in a week and no other boroughs kno bout it
#onlyonstatenisland do 10 ppl get killed in a week and no other boroughs kno bout it
wtfdawkins (michael dawkins) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:58:31 -0000
#onlyonstatenisland do 10 ppl get killed in a week and no other boroughs kno bout it
RT @MayorOfLondon: Don't forget to recycle your Christmas tree! The Traf Square tree was chipped for compost today. All 33 boroughs will ...
catherinemack (catherine mack) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:45:07 -0000
RT @MayorOfLondon: Don't forget to recycle your Christmas tree! The Traf Square tree was chipped for compost today. All 33 boroughs will ...
@MarkFulford Sorry Mark but I've lived in too many boroughs where Victorian baths were closed for fictitious leisure centres.
graemearcher (Graeme Archer) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:36:41 -0000
@MarkFulford Sorry Mark but I've lived in too many boroughs where Victorian baths were closed for fictitious leisure centres.
@OnlyLatoya That works T. Yeah we might have to keep it in the outer boroughs.
mainejbuchanan (Jemaine Buchanan) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:18:57 -0000
@OnlyLatoya That works T. Yeah we might have to keep it in the outer boroughs.
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