Burlington

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Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Burling‧ton
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋtən

Proper noun

Burlington

  1. A city in Ontario; named for Bridlington, Yorkshire (formerly "Burlington").
  2. A city, the shire town of Chittenden County, Vermont; the largest city in Vermont; perhaps named for Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, or the prominent Burling family of New York.
  3. A city in North Carolina.
  4. A city in Iowa; named for the city in Vermont.
  5. A town in Massachusetts; said to be named for Bridlington, Yorkshire.
  6. A census-designated place, the county seat of Boone County, Kentucky.
  7. A city in Racine County and Walworth County, Wisconsin; named for the city in Vermont. 10464
  8. A city in New Jersey; named for Bridlington, Yorkshire.
  9. A town in Connecticut.
  10. A city in Washington.
  11. A town in Racine County, Wisconsin.
  12. A city in Colorado.
  13. A census-designated place in Lawrence County, Ohio; named for the city in Vermont.
  14. A city, the county seat of Coffey County, Kansas; named for the city in Vermont.
  15. A city in North Dakota; named for the city in Iowa.
  16. A town in New York; named for the city in New Jersey.
  17. A village in Illinois.
  18. A town in Indiana; named for Burlington, a Wyandot chief.
  19. A town in Maine.
  20. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador. [From 1914]
  21. A town in Wyoming.
  22. A village in Michigan.
  23. A borough of Pennsylvania.
  24. A census-designated place in West Virginia.
  25. A town in Oklahoma.
  26. A community of Nova Scotia.
  27. An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Ohio.
  28. Abbreviation of Earl of Burlington.
  29. (rail transport) Short for Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.
    • 1959, Steam's Finest Hour, edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 40:
      One night, October 17, 1944, Burlington coupled 82 cars of Christmas mail for servicemen behind an O5A!

Derived terms

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