BURROUGHS meaning: Urban districts within a city

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Burroughs: Merriam-Webster
Burroughs: Collins English Dictionary
Burroughs: Vocabulary.com
Burrough's, Burroughs, burroughs: Wordnik
Burroughs: Wiktionary
Burroughs: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
Burroughs: Infoplease Dictionary
burroughs: Dictionary.com
Burroughs (crater), Burroughs (disambiguation), Burroughs (surname), Burroughs, The Burroughs: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Burroughs: Rhymezone
burroughs: FreeDictionary.org
burroughs: Mnemonic Dictionary
Burroughs: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Burroughs: CCI Computer
Burroughs (disambiguation), Burroughs: Encyclopedia

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burroughs: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Burroughs)

▸ noun:  An English topographical surname from Middle English, from Old English beorg (“hill”) or burg (“fort”), for someone who lived near a hill or fort.
▸ noun:  A neighbourhood of Savannah, and former town in Chatham County, Georgia, United States.
▸ noun:  An area in Barnet borough, London, England; named for the rabbit warrens there.

Similar:

Burrows, burgh, de Burgh, burke, Burgo, Bourke, de Bourg, Bourg, Burston, de Burgo, more...

Opposite:

suburbs, rural areas, countryside

Types:

Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, Staten Island, more...

Phrases:

William Burroughs, John Burroughs, Burroughs Corporation, George Burroughs, margaret burroughs, more...

Adjectives:

old, young, late, american, notorious, poor, first, portal, great, good, little

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