Burlington

Syllables: Bur·ling·tonUS/ˈbɝ.lɪŋ.tən/

Burlington proper noun: a town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador. Also the abbreviation of Earl of Burlington.

Proper noun

Burlington

A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
A community in Nova Scotia.
A city in Ontario; named for Bridlington, Yorkshire (formerly "Burlington").
A home rule municipality, the county seat of Kit Carson County, Colorado.
A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.
A village in Kane County, Illinois.
A small town in Carroll County, Indiana; named for Burlington, a Wyandot chief.
A city, the county seat of Des Moines County, Iowa; named for the city in Vermont.
A city, the county seat of Coffey County, Kansas; named for the city in Vermont.
A census-designated place, the county seat of Boone County, Kentucky.
A small town in Penobscot County, Maine.
A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts; said to be named for Bridlington, Yorkshire.

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A village in Calhoun County, Michigan.
A city in Burlington County, New Jersey; a suburb of Philadelphia; named for Bridlington, Yorkshire.
A town in New York; named for the city in New Jersey.
A city in Alamance County and Guilford County, North Carolina.
A small city in Ward County, North Dakota; named for the city in Iowa.
An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Ohio.
A census-designated place in Lawrence County, Ohio; named for the city in Vermont.
A small town in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.
A small borough in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
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.
- In a normal city, cars roll through these situations; if they see an opening, they take it. But this is Burlington, one of the most socially enlightened cities in America, and drivers here are aware that America has degenerated into a car-obsessed culture, where developers pave over paradise to put...1997 September 15, David Brooks, “The Rise of the Latte Town”, in Washington Examiner, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2025
- Back in 2011, a 9-year-old named Milo Cress found it odd that the restaurants he would go to with his mom in Burlington, Vermont, would automatically serve drinks with a straw, whether or not their customer wanted one.2023 August 10, Harvin Bhathal, “Did plastic straw bans work? Yes, but not in the way you’d think.”, in Route Fifty
A city in Skagit County, Washington.
A census-designated place in Mineral County, West Virginia.
A city in Racine County and Walworth County, Wisconsin; named for the city in Vermont.
A town in Racine County, Wisconsin.
A small town in Big Horn County, Wyoming.
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Burlington Township.

Also used as

Burlington is also the abbreviation of Earl of Burlington.

Burlington is also the ellipsis of Chicago.

Origin of Burlington

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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Questions about Burlington

What does Burlington mean?: Burlington means a town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
What part of speech is Burlington?: Burlington is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Burlington?: Burlington is pronounced /ˈbɝ.lɪŋ.tən/ (US).

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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