Burlington

American  

[bur-ling-tuhn] / ˈbɜr lɪŋ tən /

noun

1. a city in S Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Ontario.

2. a city in NW Vermont, on Lake Champlain.

3. a city in N North Carolina.

4. a city in SE Iowa, on the Mississippi River.

5. a city in NE Massachusetts.

6. a city in S central New Jersey.

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Burlington British  

/ ˈbɜːlɪŋtən /

noun

1. a city in S Canada on Lake Ontario, northeast of Hamilton. Pop: 150 836 (2001)

2. a town in NW Vermont on Lake Champlain: largest in the state; University of Vermont (1791). Pop: 39 148 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

It is 1981, Mr. Chiasson is 9, and Mr. Sanders is making his first run to become mayor of Burlington, Vt. “The doorbell rings. My grandmother yells across the house, ‘Milford—it’s SANDERS!’

From The Wall Street Journal

Ethan Allen is the name of my house at East Burlington Junior High.

From Literature

Burlington, Mass.-based Lifordi is targeting rheumatoid arthritis, which causes inflammation and pain in the joints and affected 18 million people worldwide in 2019, according to the World Health Organization.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I thought, what a fun random adventure,” said Bacevicius, who lives in Burlington, Vt. “We are in it for the plot. We are in it for the memories.”

From The Wall Street Journal

For the near term, six of the 11 stocks have majority buy or equivalent ratings, and the price targets imply 12-month upside potential of as much as 31% for Burlington.

From MarketWatch