Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Existing or forming a communication between boroughs: as, the interborough railway in New York.

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  • adjective Between boroughs.

Etymologies

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inter- +‎ borough

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Examples

  • First there would be a parade through Brooklyn, the hoopla and buzz of a city overwhelmed by an interborough rivalry, and Snider later acknowledged it got in his head.

    My Bat Boy Days Steve Garvey 2008

  • First there would be a parade through Brooklyn, the hoopla and buzz of a city overwhelmed by an interborough rivalry, and Snider later acknowledged it got in his head.

    My Bat Boy Days Steve Garvey 2008

  • The Boston Globe's Matt Viser discovered that in an interborough tour yesterday clad in Red Sox apparel.

    Girardi Will Take Reins in Bronx 2007

  • One of the century's longest, most bitter sports rivalries stemmed from the natural interborough hostilities that existed for decades when the teams were in New York.

    USATODAY.com - Dodgers, Giants must dig deep amid heat 2002

  • The World Series is interborough warfare again, just like the good old days.

    Baseball endures through changing times 2000

  • His interborough education between Brooklyn Technical High School and the School of Visual Arts turned him into what can only be described as “an artist with chutzpah.”

    STARSHIP SPOTTER ADAM “MOJO” LEBOWITZ 2001

  • His interborough education between Brooklyn Technical High School and the School of Visual Arts turned him into what can only be described as “an artist with chutzpah.”

    STARSHIP SPOTTER ADAM “MOJO” LEBOWITZ 2001

  • His interborough education between Brooklyn Technical High School and the School of Visual Arts turned him into what can only be described as “an artist with chutzpah.”

    STARSHIP SPOTTER ADAM “MOJO” LEBOWITZ 2001

  • If the facility is moved to Brooklyn, all interborough mail would be sent there and then back to Queens, lengthening delivery times.

    NYDN Rss VERA CHINESE 2012

  • After a close loss to Stony Brook, the Lions will travel to Staten Island tonight for an interborough contest with the Wagner College Seahawks.

    Columbia Daily Spectator 2009

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