Burroughs

English

Proper noun

Burroughs

  1. An English topographical surname from Middle English, from Old English beorg (“hill”) or burg (“fort”), for someone who lived near a hill or fort.
    • 2025 September 3, Dan Mangan, “Judge voids $2.2 billion Harvard funding freeze by Trump administration”, in CNBC‎[1]:
      Judge Allison Burroughs agreed with Harvard’s arguments that the administration imposed the funding freeze in retaliation for the Ivy League university’s refusal to capitulate to demands for reforms that violated First Amendment protections under the Constitution.
  2. A neighbourhood of Savannah, and former town in Chatham County, Georgia, United States.

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Proper noun

the Burroughs

  1. An area of Barnet borough, London, England; named for the rabbit warrens there.
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