(obsolete) A fortified town. / (rare) A town or city. / A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights. / An administrative district in some cities, e.g., London.

plural of borough

Placename suffix, indicated site of a fortified place. / Placename suffix, indicating a borough.

The area, properly called Southwark, just south of London Bridge, which is at the north end of Borough High Street (OS grid ref TQ3279).

(US, historical) prolific formation of new boroughs in the state of New Jersey in the 1890s

(historical) A borough that was represented in Parliament although it had very few voters.

A city or other place which acts as the center of government for a borough in Alaska, in the United States.

(Britain) A city or town in England and Wales with an elected town council consisting of a mayor, aldermen and councillors.

plural of rotten borough

(UK) A subdivision of a metropolitan county, having the status of a borough.