brough means A placename:; A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7914). Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 83 out of 100.
brough is pronounced /ˈbɹʌf/.
name
- A placename:; A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY7914).
- A placename:; A hamlet in Brough and Shatton parish, High Peak district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1882).
- A placename:; A town on the Humber estuary in Elloughton-cum-Brough parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9426).
- A placename:; A hamlet in Collingham parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK8358).
- A placename:; A small village in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND2273).
- A placename:; A settlement on Whalsay, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU5564).
noun
- A halo or luminous disk or ring seen around the sun or moon, and in folklore considered to portend a rainstorm.“[…] about the moon , called a brough, stormy weather is looked for within twenty-four hours; hence it is said, "a far off brough and a near hand storm." If small floating white clouds appear, which are called cat hair, rain is[…]”