Marlborough

English

Etymology

From marl +‎ -borough.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɔːlbɹə/, /ˈmɑːɹlbɹə/
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Proper noun

Marlborough

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1969). [1]
  2. Marlborough College
  3. A dukedom in the British peerage.
  4. A region, an and former province of the South Island, New Zealand.
  5. A territorial authority in New Zealand, more or less contiguous with the region; in full, Marlborough District.
  6. A rural town and locality in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia.
  7. A neighbourhood in north-east Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  8. A place in the United States:
    1. A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.
    2. A city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
    3. A village in St. Louis County, Missouri.
    4. A town and census-designated place therein, in Cheshire County, New Hampshire,
    5. A town in Ulster County, New York, named after John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
    6. A township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

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See also

References

  1. ^ Parish map (Wiltshire)
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