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Marlborough

/ˈmɔːlbɹə/

Marlborough proper noun: a town and civil parish with a town council in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1969).

Proper noun

Marlborough

  1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1969).
  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 town in Hartford County, Connecticut.
  9. A city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  10. A village in St. Louis County, Missouri.
  11. A town and census-designated place therein, in Cheshire County, New Hampshire,
  12. A town in Ulster County, New York, named after John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
  13. A township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Origin of Marlborough

From marl + -borough.

Words formed from Marlborough

Questions about Marlborough

What does Marlborough mean?
Marlborough means a town and civil parish with a town council in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1969).
What part of speech is Marlborough?
Marlborough is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Marlborough?
Marlborough is pronounced /ˈmɔːlbɹə/ (UK).

Words near Marlborough in the dictionary

  1. Marlboro
  2. Marlboro County
  3. Marlboro Man
  4. Marlboro Men
  5. Marlboros
  6. Marlborough
  7. Marlborough Sounds
  8. Marlburian
  9. Marlburians
  10. Marldon
  11. marle

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