Burlington
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɝlɪŋtən/
Proper noun
Burlington
- A city in Ontario; named for Bridlington, Yorkshire (formerly "Burlington").
- A city in Vermont, the shire town of Chittenden County, and the largest city in Vermont; perhaps named for Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, or the prominent Burling family of New York.
- A city in North Carolina.
- A city in Iowa; named for the city in Vermont.
- A town in Massachusetts; said to be named for Bridlington, Yorkshire.
- A CDP in Kentucky; the county seat of Boone County.
- A city in Racine and Walworth counties, Wisconsin; named for the city in Vermont. 10464
- A city in New Jersey; named for Bridlington, Yorkshire.
- A town in Connecticut.
- A city in Washington.
- A town in Racine County, Wisconsin.
- A city in Colorado.
- A CDP in Lawrence County, Ohio; named for the city in Vermont.
- A city in Kansas; the county seat of Coffey County; named for the city in Vermont.
- A city in North Dakota; named for the city in Iowa.
- A town in New York; named for the city in New Jersey.
- A village in Illinois.
- A town in Indiana; named for Burlington, a Wyandot chief.
- A town in Maine.
- A town in Newfoundland and Labrador.
- A town in Wyoming.
- A village in Michigan.
- A borough of Pennsylvania.
- A CDP in West Virginia.
- A town in Oklahoma.
- A community in Nova Scotia.
- An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Ohio.
- Abbreviation of Earl of Burlington.
- (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!
- 1959, Steam's Finest Hour, edited by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 40:
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