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Marlboro

Marlboro

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The name of several towns in the United States
  • proper noun
  • /ˈmɑːrlbərəʊ/
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  • Gary Crosby Brasor, formerly assistant professor of French at Howard University, is a policy analyst at Digital Equipment Corporation, 200 Forest Street, Marlboro, MA 01752.
  • Upper Marlboro
  • Marlboro, Md.
  • Marlboro, Maryland

Hey, so I'm over here at Marlboro and man, dude, this house is weird.

Examples

  • "I want to focus on the positive and be optimistic," said Hart, who lives in Upper Marlboro, Md.

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  • Upper Marlboro, Md. -- Along the system of creeks throughout the Jug Bay Wetland Sanctuary, the remains of trees stuck out of the water.

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  • "They say one thing and they do another," the Upper Marlboro, Md. mom said of the nonprofit.

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  • On March 6, 2012, citizens at a town hall meeting in Marlboro voted in favor of a resolution that supports a constitutional amendment to reverse the Citizens United decision and clarifies that corporations are not people.

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  • Andy Baldwin, a plant ecologist at the University of Maryland, discusses a sedge plant that grows at Jug Bay Wetland Sanctuary in Upper Marlboro, Md.

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  • Mr. Johnson has lived in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, for over twenty years.

  • The annual festival in Marlboro, New Jersey, attracts visitors from all over the state.

  • There are beautiful parks and recreational areas in Marlboro, Virginia.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

The name Marlboro used for several towns in the United States comes from the English place Marlborough or from people with that title. Marlborough combines marl ('soil') and borough ('town'), so the name originally meant a 'town on marl' and was copied to new towns.