borough
Municipal administrative unit
A borough is an administrative division of a city or town, or in some cases, an incorporated municipality.
New York City's five boroughs—Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island—are the most familiar American example.
In Alaska, boroughs function like counties elsewhere.
British boroughs are towns with special charters or parliamentary representation.
Residential area nearby
- precinctAdministrative jurisdiction zone
- wardProtected person; division
- zoneBounded area designation
- sectorDistinct division of whole
area · locality · subdivision · quarter · parish · territory · block · vicinity
Hispanic urban district
- projectPlanned, effortful task
- hoodAttached head covering
- slumImpoverished urban district
- displacementRemoval from usual location
underclass · gentrification · redlining · disinvestment · blight · urban renewal · rezoning · affordable housing
Elected head of municipality
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- budgetPlan for spending
- policyAdopted principle of action
services · elections · representatives · civic · government · bylaws · regulations · treasury
People living somewhere
- localsArea's permanent inhabitants
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- cohesionTendency to bind together
- inhabitantsPermanent occupants of place
citizenship · solidarity · grassroots · civic pride · town meeting · community board · neighbors · shopkeepers
County's smaller division
- incorporatedLegally formed as company
- hamletTiny rural settlement
- villageSmall rural community
- cantonSmall territorial division
parish · prefecture · shire · province · county · annexation · charter · incorporation
Inherited cultural legacy
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- traditionCustom passed through generations
legacy · colonial · restoration · preservation · archive · founding · settlement · historic district
View of urban architecture
- subwayUnderground transit passage
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
- sidewalkPaved pedestrian pathway
- taxiVehicle for hire
boulevard · highrise · tenement · streetlight · crosswalk · alleyway · traffic · brownstone
neighborhood
Residential area nearby
sector · area · locality · subdivision · quarter · parish · territory · block · vicinity · locale
barrio
Hispanic urban district
displacement · underclass · gentrification · redlining · disinvestment · blight · urban renewal · rezoning · affordable housing · public housing
mayor
Elected head of municipality
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- budgetPlan for spending
policy · services · elections · representatives · civic · government · bylaws · regulations · treasury · oversight
residents
People living somewhere
- localsArea's permanent inhabitants
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- cohesionTendency to bind together
inhabitants · citizenship · solidarity · grassroots · civic pride · town meeting · community board · neighbors · shopkeepers · newcomers
township
County's smaller division
- incorporatedLegally formed as company
- hamletTiny rural settlement
- villageSmall rural community
canton · parish · prefecture · shire · province · county · annexation · charter · incorporation · boundaries
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
tradition · legacy · colonial · restoration · preservation · archive · founding · settlement · historic district · old town
cityscape
View of urban architecture
- subwayUnderground transit passage
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
- sidewalkPaved pedestrian pathway
taxi · boulevard · highrise · tenement · streetlight · crosswalk · alleyway · traffic · brownstone · rowhouse
- territoriesprovince, state, region, country, colony
- zones and regionszone, region, district, territory, sector
- districtsdistrict, ward, precinct, zone, section
- local historytown history, local archives, local history, village history, founding
- municipal governmentmayor, city council, municipal council, town council, city manager
- feudal divisionsmanor, barony, hundred, shire, county
boroughunincorporated area
Region lacking municipal governance
nation · country · state · federal government · empire
boroughwilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
rural area · countryside · rural · hinterland · backcountry
- royal boroughsMonarch-chartered municipal districts
- Five BoroughsNYC's five counties
- borough councilElected local authority
- NYC boroughCity subdivision in Manhattan's metropolis