Marlborough

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Marlborough

/ˈmɔːlbɹə/ UK
/ˈmɑːɹlbɹə/ UK

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From marl + -borough.

proper noun

A town and civil parish with a town council in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1969).
Marlborough College
A dukedom in the British peerage.
A region, an and former province of the South Island, New Zealand.
A territorial authority in New Zealand, more or less contiguous with the region; in full, Marlborough District.
A rural town and locality in the Shire of Livingstone, Queensland, Australia.
A neighbourhood in north-east Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.
A city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
A village in St. Louis County, Missouri.
A town and census-designated place therein, in Cheshire County, New Hampshire,
A town in Ulster County, New York, named after John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
A township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: blenheim, godolphin, gerson, warminster, malmesbury, chilmark, amesbury, marden, manton, melksham, milton, marlburian, whitley, salisbury, tisbury, wiltshire

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"Marlborough." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/marlborough. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Marlborough. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/marlborough

Chicago

"Marlborough." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/marlborough.

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@misc{marlborough_2026,
  title = {Marlborough},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/marlborough},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}