Hillsborough

English 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. Proper noun A number of places in English-speaking countries: en town co/San Mateo County s/California c/USA. en unincorporated community co/Prince George's County s/Maryland c/USA. Not to be confused with en Hillsboro in Caroline County. en town/and/CDP co/Hillsborough County s/New Hampshire c/USA, also spelt Hillsboro. TopoZone: Hillsborough or Hillsboro, New Hampshire en twp co/Somerset County s/New Jersey c/USA. en town/county seat co/Orange County s/North Carolina c/USA. en civil parish co/Albert County p/New Brunswick c/Canada. en village in Albert County, p/New Brunswick c/Canada. en rural municipality in p/Saskatchewan c/Canada. en The largest <<town>> on the island of <<isl/Carriacou>>, <<c/Grenada>>. en suburb of city/Newcastle in the city:Pref/Lake Macquarie s/New South Wales c/Australia. en locality in the carea/Maitland eastern s/New South Wales c/Australia. en suburb city/Auckland c/New Zealand. en suburb city/Christchurch r/Canterbury c/New Zealand. en locality near city/New Plymouth r/Taranaki c/New Zealand. en village/townland/and/civil parish in co/Down cc/Northern Ireland. en nature reserve at town/Ilfracombe co/Devon cc/England OS grid ref SS5347. en suburb in north-west city/Sheffield co/South Yorkshire cc/England OS grid ref SK3389. See also football-related senses below. en British A major football disaster at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield. en soccer the home stadium of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club en April 15, 2012 Phil McNulty Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17649443 Before kick-off, a section of Chelsea's support sadly let themselves and their club down by noisily interrupting the silence held in memory of the Hillsborough disaster and for Livorno midfielder Piermario Morosini, who collapsed and died after suffering a heart attack during a Serie B game on Saturday. https://web.archive.org/web/20140422130340/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17649443 22 April 2014 en soccer by extension Sheffield Wednesday Football Club itself. Derived terms en Hillsborough County See also en Hillsboro Hillsborough disaster References NZ Topo Map Auckland NZ Topo Map Christchurch NZ Topo Map Taranaki en Historical events en eponyms