Scarborough

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Scarboro, Scarbro, Scarbrough

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈskɑɹbəɹoʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Scarborough (countable and uncountable, plural Scarboroughs)

1. A coastal town in North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA040880).
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 habitational surname from Old Norse.

Derived terms

• Scandinavian noir

Translations

district in Toronto

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 士嘉堡 (si⁶ gaa¹ bou²)

  Mandarin: 斯卡伯勒 (Sīkǎbólè)

• French: Scarborough (fr) m
• Marathi: स्कारबरो m (skārabro)
• Portuguese: Scarborough

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Scarborough is the 2925^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12252 individuals. Scarborough is most common among White (80.44%) and Black/African American (14.85%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Scarborough”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.