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How to spell borough
Borough is spelled B-O-R-O-U-G-H.
What it means: One of the main administrative divisions of a city.
In a sentence: Brooklyn is a famous borough of New York City.
The part people get wrong
Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.
Same family: boroughs, neighborhood, district, municipality, parish. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: “Borough” comes from Old English “burg” or “burh,” meaning a fortified town or stronghold, and is related to the words “burg” in German and “burgh” in Scottish place names like Edinburgh. Over time it shifted from meaning a fortified place to a town with its own local government or parliamentary representation.
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