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Hillsborough

Proper noun

Meaning

A suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.

A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.

A civil parish of Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada.

A number of places in English-speaking countries:
A town in San Mateo County, California, United States.

An unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Not to be confused with Hillsboro in Caroline County.

A town and census-designated place in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States, also spelt Hillsboro.

A town in and the county seat of Orange County, North Carolina, United States.

A village in Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada.

A rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada.

The largest town on the island of Carriacou, Grenada.

A suburb in the City of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.

A locality near New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.

A village, a townland and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland.

A nature reserve at Ilfracombe, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5347).

A suburb in north-west Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3389). See also football-related senses below.

(Britain) A major football disaster at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield.

(soccer) the home stadium of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club

(soccer, by extension) Sheffield Wednesday Football Club itself.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

A turning point came in 2009 with the formation of the Hillsborough Independent Panel to review all evidence. Source: Internet

Among the campaigns he has been involved with were an anti-asbestos group and one which campaigned for justice for football fans killed at the Hillsborough disaster. Source: Internet

Drive out of Manchester or Nashua, and you'll soon find yourself in one of a series of prosperous towns in Hillsborough and Rockingham counties, filled with well-educated, white-collar professionals. Source: Internet

At a meeting in Liverpool with relatives of those involved in Hillsborough in October 1997, he flippantly remarked "Have you got a few of your people or are they like the Liverpool fans, turn up at the last minute?" Source: Internet

A man was arrested early Sunday for breaking into WWE Superstar Sonya Deville’s Lutz, Florida home and attempting to kidnap her, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. Source: Internet

All 21 deaths were in people over the age of 60; four male and six female residents of Hillsborough County, four male and one female resident of Merrimack County, and one male and three female residents of Rockingham County. Source: Internet

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