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-brough

-brough is the alternative form of -borough.

Meaning of -borough

Suffix

-borough

  1. Placename suffix, indicated site of a fortified place.
  2. Placename suffix, indicating a borough.
    Synonyms:
    -boro, -burg, -burgh, -bury

Questions about -brough

What is -brough the alternative form of?
-brough is the alternative form of -borough.

Words near -brough in the dictionary

  1. -borough
  2. -bot
  3. -bots
  4. -bound
  5. -bradine
  6. -brough
  7. -burg
  8. -burger
  9. -burgers
  10. -burgh
  11. -bury

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -brough (page history and authors); -borough (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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