Burlington

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
  2. A community in Nova Scotia.
  3. A city in Ontario; named for Bridlington, Yorkshire (formerly "Burlington").
  4. A number of places in the United States:
  5. A home rule municipality, the county seat of Kit Carson County, Colorado.
  6. A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.
  7. A village in Kane County, Illinois.
  8. A small town in Carroll County, Indiana; named for Burlington, a Wyandot chief.
  9. A city, the county seat of Des Moines County, Iowa; named for the city in Vermont.
  10. A city, the county seat of Coffey County, Kansas; named for the city in Vermont.
  11. A census-designated place, the county seat of Boone County, Kentucky.
  12. A small town in Penobscot County, Maine.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɝ.lɪŋ.tən/

Word forms

Burlington

Etymology

From Burling + -ton. The town in Newfoundland derives from a variant of the name Bridlington in Yorkshire and may have been informed by the name of Burlington, Ontario.

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