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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

county borough

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English

Syllables
coun-ty bor-ough
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A borough (or town), in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, whose government is independent of its local county council.

Etymology

From county + borough. They were introduced by the Local Government Act of 1888, originally requiring 50,000 inhabitants.

Inflected Forms

county boroughs (plural)

Questions

What does county borough mean?
A borough (or town), in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, whose government is independent of its local county council.
Where does county borough come from?
From county + borough. They were introduced by the Local Government Act of 1888, originally requiring 50,000 inhabitants.

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