borough
/ˈbɜr·oʊ/, /ˈbʌr·oʊ/ n [C]Definition
› one of the five divisions of New York City or, in some states, a town or part of a town › In Alaska, a borough is a political division similar to a county in other states.
(Definition of borough n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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