BURLINGTON, a city and port, capital of the county of Chittenden, in the state of Vermont, North America, is pleasantly situated on the east side of Lake Champlain, 31 miles W.N.W. of Montpelier. The town is regularly laid out, and contains many elegant houses, generally surrounded by gardens. The scenery in the vicinity is magnificent. Besides the Vermont University (a well-endowed institution, with a medical school and a library of 13,000 vols.), it has a court-house, county buildings, banks, &c. The harbour is protected on the west by a breakwater. In 1849-50, there were 342 vessels of 82,856 tons cleared, and 404 vessels of 99,435 tons entered, in the foreign trade. Burlington is connected by railways with Canada and the western states. Pop. 7505.