# Scarborough

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈskɑɹbəɹoʊ/ · frequency rank #20,485

## Definitions
1. A coastal town in North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA040880). It should now be a civil parish, with a town council elected on 1 May 2025.
2. The Borough of Scarborough, a former local government district in North Yorkshire, abolished without replacement in 2023.
3. A district and former municipality of Toronto, Canada.
4. A town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States.
5. A neighbourhood in the village of Briarcliff Manor, Westchester County, New York, United States, named after the English town.
6. A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
7. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

## Etymology
From the Old Norse personal name Skarði + borg (“fortress”).

## Common misspellings (17)
`csarborough`, `sacrborough`, `scabrorough`, `scarbborough`, `scarboorugh`, `scarboroguh`, `scarborouggh`, `scarboroughh`, `scarborouhg`, `scarborrough`, `scarboruogh`, `scarbroough`, `scarobrough`, `scarrborough`, `sccarborough`, `scraborough`, `sscarborough`

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