Burlingtonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɝ.lɪŋ.tən/
• ハイフネーション: Burling‧ton
• 韻: -ɝlɪŋtən

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 town in Connecticut.
   2. A home rule municipality, the county seat of Kit Carson County, Colorado.
   3. A village in Illinois.
   4. A town in 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 town in Maine.
   9. A town in Massachusetts; said to be named for Bridlington, Yorkshire.
   10. A village in Michigan.
   11. A city in New Jersey; named for Bridlington, Yorkshire.
   12. A town in New York; named for the city in New Jersey.
   13. A city in North Carolina.
   14. A city in 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 town in Oklahoma.
   18. A borough in 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.
   20. A city in Washington.
   21. A census-designated place in West Virginia.
   22. A city in Racine County and Walworth County, Wisconsin; named for the city in Vermont. 10464
   23. A town in Racine County, Wisconsin.
   24. A town in Wyoming.
   25. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Burlington Township.
5. Abbreviation of Earl of Burlington.
6. (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!