Borough vs Province - What's the difference?
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(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.
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, chapter=7 An administrative unit of a city which, under most circumstances according to state or national law, would be considered a larger or more powerful entity; most commonly used in American English to define the five counties that make up New York City.
Other similar administrative units in cities and states in various parts of the world.
A district in Alaska having powers similar to a county.
(historical, British, legal) An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behaviour of each other.
(historical, British, legal) The pledge or surety thus given.
A subdivision of government usually one step below the national level; (Canada) one of ten of Canada's federated entities, recognized by the Constitution and having a separate representative of the Sovereign (compare territory).
A territorial area within a country.
A jurisdiction; a (literal or figurative) area of authority.
(British) Northern Ireland
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As nouns the difference between borough and province
is that borough is a fortified town while province is a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level; one of ten of Canada's federated entities, recognized by the Constitution and having a separate representative of the Sovereign (compare territory).As proper nouns the difference between borough and province
is that borough is the area, properly called Southwark, just south of London Bridge while province is northern Ireland.borough
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(en noun)citation, passage=The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.}}
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