Borough

A borough is a local government administrative subdivision used in the Canadian province of Quebec, in some states of the United States, and formerly in New Zealand. In the United Kingdom, boroughs are also to be found in England and Northern Ireland.

Pronunciation

In many parts of England, "borough" is pronounced as {{IPA2|bʌɹə}} {{Audio2|en-borough.ogg}} as an independent word, and as {{IPA|/bɹə/}} when forming a suffixal part of a place-name. As a suffix, "-brough" is usually pronounced {{IPA|/brə/}}.

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In the United States, "borough" is pronounced as {{IPA|/ˈbɝoʊ/}} (or as {{IPA|/ˈbʌɻoʊ/}} in some areas, notably New York City). When appearing as the suffix "-burg(h)" in place-names, it's pronounced as {{IPA|}}.

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