Burlington

English

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.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɝ.lɪŋ.tən/
  • Hyphenation: Bur‧ling‧ton
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)lɪŋtən

Proper noun

Burlington

  2. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador. [From 1914]
  3. A community in Nova Scotia.
  5. A city in Ontario; named for Bridlington, Yorkshire (formerly "Burlington").
  6. A number of places in the United States:
    2. A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.
    4. A home rule municipality, the county seat of Kit Carson County, Colorado.
    6. A village in Kane County, Illinois.
    8. A small town in Carroll County, Indiana; named for Burlington, a Wyandot chief.
    10. A city, the county seat of Des Moines County, Iowa; named for the city in Vermont.
    12. A city, the county seat of Coffey County, Kansas; named for the city in Vermont.
    14. A census-designated place, the county seat of Boone County, Kentucky.
    16. A small town in Penobscot County, Maine.
    18. A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts; said to be named for Bridlington, Yorkshire.
    20. A village in Calhoun County, Michigan.
    22. A city in Burlington County, New Jersey; a suburb of Philadelphia; named for Bridlington, Yorkshire.
    24. A town in New York; named for the city in New Jersey.
    26. A city in Alamance County and Guilford County, North Carolina.
    28. A small city in Ward County, North Dakota; named for the city in Iowa.
    29. An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Ohio.
    31. A census-designated place in Lawrence County, Ohio; named for the city in Vermont.
    33. A small town in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.
    35. A small borough of Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
    37. 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.
    39. A city in Skagit County, Washington.
    41. A census-designated place in Mineral County, West Virginia.
    43. A city in Racine County and Walworth County, Wisconsin; named for the city in Vermont.
    45. A town in Racine County, Wisconsin.
    47. A small town in Big Horn County, Wyoming.
    48. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Burlington Township.
  7. Abbreviation of Earl of Burlington.
  8. (rail transport) Ellipsis of Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.
    • 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 40:
      One night, October 17, 1944, Burlington coupled 82 cars of Christmas mail for servicemen behind an O5A!

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