# Burroughs

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #26,026

## Definitions
1. An English topographical surname from Middle English, from Old English beorg (“hill”) or burg (“fort”), for someone who lived near a hill or fort.
2. A neighbourhood of Savannah, and former town in Chatham County, Georgia, United States.

## Common misspellings (12)
`bburroughs`, `bruroughs`, `burorughs`, `buroughs`, `burroguhs`, `burrougghs`, `burroughhs`, `burroughss`, `burrougsh`, `burrouhgs`, `burruoghs`, `ubrroughs`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/burroughs