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Burlington

Burlington

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The largest city in Vermont on Lake Champlain and home to the University of Vermont
  • proper noun
  • /ˈbɜr.lɪŋ.tən/
: Burlington
  • The famous Church Street Marketplace is a must-see in Burlington, Vermont.
  • Burlington, Vermont
  • Burlington, VT
  • South Burlington

New cities, Portland, ME up there in in the Black Bear continent and Burlington, Vt.

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Examples

  • He was born in Burlington, Alabama, in 1889.

    6 Souls (2010)

  • This week, Mayor Bloomberg met with voters in Burlington, Vt and shook a dog's face.

  • Dan used his credit card at a gas station outside of Burlington, Colorado, about 40 minutes ago.

    MegaFault (2009)

  • We are here, live in Burlington, Vt.

  • He's coming in for the Winter Million at Burlington Park on Friday.

    Uncle Buck (1989)

  • They took us up to Burlington to check us out.

    Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)

  • The time now is 6:45, brought to you by Burlington Motor Company.

    The Toolbox Murders (1978)

  • I was in Burlington, Vermont, with my band Crabcake.

    Blood in the Water (2016)

  • Since spring, a team of crypto-zoologists had been working up near Burlington, Vermont, doing research in Lake Champlain.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Session conducted at the AACN Region 1 Horizons 2010 Critical Care Symposium, Burlington, VT.

    Academic text (2011)

Surface Forms

Burlington main

Etymology

Burlington is made of Burling + -ton, where the -ton part comes from an old English word meaning 'town' or 'farm'. So Burlington originally meant the 'town of the Burling family', which is why it is used as the name of a city.