[ˈbʌrə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a town or district that is an administrative unit
(e.g: bike thefts soared by 86 per cent in a London borough)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English burg, burh ‘fortress, citadel’, later ‘fortified town’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch burg and German Burg. Compare with burgh