Scarborough
pronunciation
How to pronounce Scarborough in British English:
UK ['skɑr,bəro]
How to pronounce Scarborough in American English:
US
Word Origin
- Scarborough
- place in Yorkshire, earlier Scarðabork, etc., apparently a viking name, from Old Norse and meaning "fortified place of a man called Skarthi," identified in old chronicles as Thorgils Skarthi, literally "Thorgils Harelip," from Old Norse skartð "notch, hack (in the edge of a thing); mountain pass." It has been noted that a literal reading of the name as "gap-hill" suits the location. Scarborough warning "short notice or none" is from 1540s.
Example
- 1. Joe scarborough : what are we going to do ?
- 2. Last week , china protested a new philippine law affirming sovereignty over parts of two island groups , the spratlys and scarborough shoal .
- 3. Are you going to scarborough fair ?
- 4. New research out of the university of toronto scarborough shows it might .
- 5. Joe scarborough : can you all believe this prediction in 2003 ?