English Explanatory Dictionary

Goldsborough

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish (served by Goldsborough and Flaxby Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE3856).
  2. A hamlet in Lythe parish, North Yorkshire, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref NZ8314).
  3. A locality in the Cairns Region of Queensland, Australia.
  4. A locality in the Shire of Loddon and the Shire of Central Goldfields, north western Victoria, Australia
  5. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Goldsborough Goldsboroughs

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Godel or Golda + -s- + burg (“fortress, stronghold”).

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