Definition of "Brough"

(uncountable) A placename:

1. A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY7914).  examples

2. A town on the Humber estuary in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, also called Brough-on-Humber (OS grid ref SE9426).  examples

3. A hamlet in Nottinghamshire, England.  examples

4. A small village in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND2273).  examples

5. A settlement on Whalsay, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU5564).  examples

6. A settlement next to Burravoe, Yell, Shetland Islands council area (OS grid ref HU5179).  examples

(countable) A habitational surname from Old English.  examples