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Brough
//ˈbɹʌf// name, noun
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Proper Noun
- 1 A placename:; A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7914). countable, uncountable
- 2 A placename:; A hamlet in Brough and Shatton parish, High Peak district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1882). countable, uncountable
- 3 A placename:; A town on the Humber estuary in Elloughton-cum-Brough parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9426). countable, uncountable
- 4 A placename:; A hamlet in Collingham parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK8358). countable, uncountable
- 5 A placename:; A small village in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND2273). countable, uncountable
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- 6 A placename:; A settlement on Whalsay, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU5564). countable, uncountable
- 7 A placename:; A settlement next to Burravoe, Yell, Shetland Islands council area (OS grid ref HU5179). countable, uncountable
- 8 A habitational surname from Old English. countable
Noun
- 1 A halo or luminous disk or ring seen around the sun or moon, and in folklore considered to portend a rainstorm.
"[…] about the moon , called a brough, stormy weather is looked for within twenty-four hours; hence it is said, "a far off brough and a near hand storm." If small floating white clouds appear, which are called cat hair, rain is[…]"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Old English burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of borough, burgh, and Bury.
Etymology 2
A metathetic form of burgh (“mound, settlement”) employed in a special sense; thus a doublet of it, borough, Brough, burr (“halo, brough”), burrow, and Bury. For the semantic development, compare German Hof (“brough, halo, nimb”).
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