# Hillsborough

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #22,111

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18. A major football disaster at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield.
19. the home stadium of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club
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## Etymology
From hills and borough. The village in New Brunswick was probably named in honour of British politician Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire (1718 - 1793). The civil parish is named after the village.

## Common misspellings (17)
`hhillsborough`, `hillbsorough`, `hillsbborough`, `hillsboorugh`, `hillsboroguh`, `hillsborouggh`, `hillsboroughh`, `hillsborouhg`, `hillsborrough`, `hillsboruogh`, `hillsbroough`, `hillsobrough`, `hillssborough`, `hilsborough`, `hilslborough`, `hlilsborough`, `ihllsborough`

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