Hillsboro

Wiktionary 原文

/ˈhɪlz.bʌ.roʊ/

构词拆解

hills

词干

-boro

后缀

-boro: Synonym of -borough.

也可拆解为

Hill

词干

-s-

中缀

-boro

后缀

-s-: Genitival interfix used to link elements in some compounds, equivalent to the possessive clitic -'s.
-boro: Synonym of -borough.

词源说明

From hills +‎ -boro or Hill +‎ -s- +‎ -boro, variant of Hillsborough. The civil parish is named after British politician Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire (1718 - 1793). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

释义

专有名词proper noun

1A civil parish of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. [From 1765]
2A town in Alabama.
3An unincorporated community in Georgia, United States; named for early settlers John and Isaac Hill.