Phrase Hound found 33 phrases and 101 compound words that contain borough. The most common are listed below. Open borough in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 33
- rotten boroughA parliamentary borough that was represented in Parliament although the number of voters had diminished so greatly that they were largely controlled by the main landowner; such boroughs were abolished in the 19th century.
- Borough GreenA village in Tonbridge and Malling borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6057).
- Petersburg BoroughA borough of Alaska, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. The borough seat is in Petersburg.
- borough EnglishPatrilineal ultimogeniture; inheritance by the youngest surviving male child.
- municipal boroughA city or town in England and Wales with an elected town council consisting of a mayor, aldermen and councillors.
- royal boroughA borough, currently only in England, which has been granted a royal charter.
- Bristol Bay BoroughA borough of Alaska, United States, the equivalent if a county in other US states. The borough seat is Naknek.
- Northwest Arctic BoroughA borough in Alaska, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. Borough seat: Kotzebue.
- North Slope BoroughA borough in Alaska, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states, and the northernmost borough in Alaska. The borough seat is in Utqiagvik.
- Haines BoroughA borough of Alaska, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. See also Haines.
- Denali BoroughA borough in Alaska, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. Borough seat: Healy.
- Freehold BoroughA borough, the county seat of Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.
- Lake and Peninsula BoroughA borough of Alaska, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. Its borough seat is in King Salmon in the adjacent Bristol Bay Borough.
- Unorganized BoroughThe portion of the U.S. state of Alaska not contained in any of its 19 organized boroughs.
- Kenai Peninsula BoroughA borough of Alaska, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. Its borough seat is in Soldotna.
- Conwy County BoroughA county borough of Wales located between Gwynedd and Denbighshire.
- Fairbanks North Star BoroughA borough in Alaska, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. The borough seat is in Fairbanks.
- Ketchikan Gateway BoroughA borough in south-east Alaska, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. Borough seat: Ketchikan.
- Juneau City and BoroughA combined city and borough which includes 3,253 square miles of land and water in Alaska, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. The usual form is "City and Borough of Juneau" and the borough seat is Juneau.
- Aleutians East BoroughA borough of Alaska, United States. Borough seat: Sand Point.
- Matanuska-Susitna BoroughA borough of Alaska, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. The borough seat is in Palmer.
- borough councilA body of people elected to manage the affairs of a local government district with borough status, metropolitan borough or London borough; e.g. Spelthorne Borough Council.
- borough seatA city or other place which acts as the center of government for a borough in Alaska, in the United States.
- borough-holderAlternative form of boroughholder: A tithingman.
- close boroughSynonym of pocket borough: A borough which could effectively be controlled by a single person who owned at least half of the "burgage tenements" (whose occupants had the right to vote in the borough's parliamentary elections), since he …
Compound words 101
- PeterboroughA cathedral city, unitary authority, and borough of Cambridgeshire, England.
- MiddlesbroughA town, unitary authority, and borough in North Yorkshire, England, situated on the River Tees.
- MaryboroughA city in Queensland, Australia.
- SouthboroughA suburb in the borough of Bromley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4367).
- FoxboroughA town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.
- GuisboroughA market town and civil parish with a town council in Redcar and Cleveland borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ6015).
- MartinboroughA town in South Wairarapa district, Wellington region, New Zealand.
- GuysboroughA community and district municipality, the Municipality of the District of Guysborough, in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- MoultonboroughA town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States.
- LyndeboroughA town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States.