Burlingtonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈbɝ.lɪŋ.tən/
• ハイフネーション: Bur‧ling‧ton
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)lɪŋtən

固有名詞

Burlington

1. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador. [From 1914]
2. A community in Nova Scotia.
3. A city in Ontario; named for Bridlington, Yorkshire (formerly "Burlington").
4. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A home rule municipality, the county seat of Kit Carson County, Colorado.
   2. A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.
   3. A village in Kane County, Illinois.
   4. A small town in Carroll County, Indiana; named for Burlington, a Wyandot chief.
   5. A city, the county seat of Des Moines County, Iowa; named for the city in Vermont.
   6. A city, the county seat of Coffey County, Kansas; named for the city in Vermont.
   7. A census-designated place, the county seat of Boone County, Kentucky.
   8. A small town in Penobscot County, Maine.
   9. A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts; said to be named for Bridlington, Yorkshire.
   10. A village in Calhoun County, Michigan.
   11. A city in Burlington County, New Jersey; a suburb of Philadelphia; named for Bridlington, Yorkshire.
   12. A town in New York; named for the city in New Jersey.
   13. A city in Alamance County and Guilford County, North Carolina.
   14. A small city in Ward County, North Dakota; named for the city in Iowa.
   15. An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Ohio.
   16. A census-designated place in Lawrence County, Ohio; named for the city in Vermont.
   17. A small town in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.
   18. A small borough of Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
   19. 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.
       • 1997 September 15, David Brooks, “The Rise of the Latte Town”, in Washington Examiner‎, archived from the original on 25 January 2025:

         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 up parking lots; […] .

       • 2023 August 10, Harvin Bhathal, “Did plastic straw bans work? Yes, but not in the way you’d think.”, in Route Fifty‎:

         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.

   20. A city in Skagit County, Washington.
   21. A census-designated place in Mineral County, West Virginia.
   22. A city in Racine County and Walworth County, Wisconsin; named for the city in Vermont.
   23. A town in Racine County, Wisconsin.
   24. A small town in Big Horn County, Wyoming.
   25. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Burlington Township.
5. Abbreviation of Earl of Burlington.
6. (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!

派生語

• Burlington County
• South Burlington