Meaning of Burlington | Babel Free

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1. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
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:
5. 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.
6. A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.
7. A home rule municipality, the county seat of Kit Carson County, Colorado.
8. A village in Kane County, Illinois.
9. A small town in Carroll County, Indiana; named for Burlington, a Wyandot chief.
10. A city, the county seat of Des Moines County, Iowa; named for the city in Vermont.
11. A city, the county seat of Coffey County, Kansas; named for the city in Vermont.
12. A census-designated place, the county seat of Boone County, Kentucky.
13. A small town in Penobscot County, Maine.
14. A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts; said to be named for Bridlington, Yorkshire.
15. A village in Calhoun County, Michigan.
16. A city in Burlington County, New Jersey; a suburb of Philadelphia; named for Bridlington, Yorkshire.
17. A town in New York; named for the city in New Jersey.
18. A city in Alamance County and Guilford County, North Carolina.
19. A small city in Ward County, North Dakota; named for the city in Iowa.
20. An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Ohio.
21. A census-designated place in Lawrence County, Ohio; named for the city in Vermont.
22. A small town in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.
23. A small borough of Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
24. A city in Skagit County, Washington.
25. A census-designated place in Mineral County, West Virginia.
26. A city in Racine County and Walworth County, Wisconsin; named for the city in Vermont.
27. A town in Racine County, Wisconsin.
28. A small town in Big Horn County, Wyoming.
29. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Burlington Township.
30. Abbreviation of Earl of Burlington.
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31. Ellipsis of Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.
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“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; […].”

“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.”

“One night, October 17, 1944, Burlington coupled 82 cars of Christmas mail for servicemen behind an O5A!”

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