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  • proper noun A number of places in English-speaking countries, see Wikipedia:Hillsborough
  • proper noun UK A major football disaster at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield.
  • proper noun soccer the home stadium of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club
  • proper noun soccer, by extension Sheffield Wednesday Football Club itself

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Examples

  • Comment on this story HILLSBOROUGH - A sergeant with the Maryland State Police was struck and fatally injured on Friday morning as he jogged on a rural road northeast of Hillsborough.

    NewsObserver.com - Home 2008

  • Comment on this story HILLSBOROUGH - A sergeant with the Maryland State Police was struck and fatally injured on Friday morning as he jogged on a rural road northeast of Hillsborough.

    NewsObserver.com - Home 2008

  • On the side, she sells antiques in Hillsborough, NC.

    s'egarer - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • Charles C. Kaczmarczyck, 47, 64 Bog Brook Road, New Boston, was sentenced in Hillsborough County Superior Court to one year in the county jail, suspended.

    Heroes or Villains? 2010

  • Finally, she had enough and bought a small store in Hillsborough, N.J. The grand opening was Sept. 19.

    Your office: At home, in a tent, or something more formal 2009

  • On the side, she sells antiques in Hillsborough, NC.

    s'egarer - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • On the side, she sells antiques in Hillsborough, NC.

    French Word-A-Day: 2009

  • This tea room was in Hillsborough, North Carolina but, unfortunately, closed and I can find no reference online.

    2008 February archive at 2008

  • This tea room was in Hillsborough, North Carolina but, unfortunately, closed and I can find no reference online.

    2008 February archive at 2008

  • This tea room was in Hillsborough, North Carolina but, unfortunately, closed and I can find no reference online.

    Sunlight, Sunday Morning, Scones at 2008

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