Borkum

Borkum, an East Frisian island, at the mouth of the Ems, 25 miles NW. of Emden. Pop. 684, increased in summer by over 2000 visitors.

Bormio

Bormio, an Italian village with eight hot sulphur-baths, on the borders of Tyrol, 27 miles NNE. of Tirano. Pop. 1744.

Borna

Borna, a town of Saxony, on the Wyhra, 17 miles SSE. of Leipzig by rail. Pop. 8350.

Bornholm

Bornholm (I pronounced), a rock-bound Danish island in the Baltic, 90 miles E. of Zealand. Area, 226 sq. m. It is traversed by a hill-ridge (511 feet). The capital is Ronne or Rottum, on the west coast, with 7000 inhabitants. Pop. 45,364.

Boro Budor

Boro Budor ('the great Buddha'), the ruin of a splendid Buddhist temple in Java, near the junction of the Ello and Progo. Built probably between 600 and 1430 a.d., it is a pyramid 520 feet square, and 118 high.

Borodino

Borodino (Borodee'no), a village of Russia, 70 miles W. of Moscow. It is on the Kaluga, an affluent of the Moskwa, and gave name to the great but indecisive battle between Napoleon and the Russians, 7th September 1812. The French name the battle from the Moskwa.

Boroughbridge

Boroughbridge, a market-town of Yorkshire, on the Ure, 22 miles NW. of York. Edward II., in 1322, defeated the Earl of Lancaster here. Hard by are three great monoliths, the 'Devil's Arrows,' 16 to 22 feet high. Pop. 824.

Borovitchi

Borovitchi, a town of Russia, on the river Msta, 98 miles E. of Novgorod. Pop. 10,375.

Borovsk

Borovsk, a town of Russia, 49 miles NNE. of Kaluga. Pop. 9505.

Borris

Borris, a village 17 miles S. of Carlow. Pop. 518.

Borrodale

Borrodale, an Inverness-shire estate, on Loch-na-Nuagh, 35 miles W. by N. of Fort William. Prince Charles Edward landed here (1745).

Borromean Islands

Borrome'an Islands, a group of four small lovely islands in the western arm of Lago Mag-giore, Northern Italy. They are named after the ancient family of Borromeo.

Borrowdale

Borrowdale, a beautiful valley of Cumberland, 5 miles S. of Keswick, ascending from the head of Derwentwater towards the Honister Pass. Here is the Bowder Stone, 89 feet in circumference, and 1971 tons in weight. The famous plumbago mine at Seathwaite in Borrowdale was closed in 1850.

Borrowstounness

Borrowstounness. See Bo'ness.

Borsad

Borsad, a town of northern Bombay; pop. 13,000.

Borstal

Borstal, a suburb of Rochester, with a reformatory for 'juvenile-adult' criminals.

Borth

Borth, a Cardiganshire watering-place, 8 miles N. of Aberystwith.

Borthwick

Borthwick, a peel-tower with memories of Queen Mary, 13 1/2 miles SSE. of Edinburgh.

Bosa

Bosa, a cathedral city on the W. coast of Sardinia, 85 miles NNW. of Cagliari. Pop. 669G.

Boscastle

Boscastle, a Cornish coast-village, 20 miles W. of Launceston.

Boscobel

Bos'cobel, on the eastern verge of Shropshire, 37 miles N. of Worcester, was, after the defeat of Worcester (3d September 1651), for two days the hiding-place of Charles II. His 'Royal Oak ' is represented by a tree grown from one of its acorns; but Boscobel House still stands.