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harborough

harborough is the obsolete spelling of harbour.

Meaning of harbour

Noun

harbour (plural harbours)

  1. (Commonwealth spelling) Standard spelling of harbor.
    • In West Wales it has never been possible until recently to exploit the magnificent natural harbour of Milford Haven, for there was no industrial hinterland.1961 August, “New traffic flows in South Wales”, in Trains Illustrated, page 492

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Proper noun capitalized: Harborough

Harborough

  1. A local government district in Leicestershire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Market Harborough (after which it was named)

Forms of harborough

pluralharboroughs

Phrases with harborough

Questions about harborough

What does harborough mean?
Harborough means a local government district in Leicestershire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Market Harborough (after which it was named).
What is harborough the obsolete spelling of?
Harborough is the obsolete spelling of harbour.
What part of speech is harborough?
Harborough is a proper noun.

Words near harborough in the dictionary

  1. harbormaster
  2. harbormasters
  3. harbormistress
  4. harbormistresses
  5. Harborne
  6. harborough
  7. Harborough Magna
  8. harboroughs
  9. harborous
  10. harborow
  11. harborows

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Adapted from Wiktionary: harborough (page history and authors); Harborough (page history and authors); harbour (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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