A seaside town in North Yorkshire, England, famous as a historic holiday destination; also used as a place name in other countries.
From Old Norse 'Scarðaborg'—combining 'skarðr' (a notch or scar in the landscape) and 'borg' (fortress). The name reflects the Viking settlement history of the Yorkshire coast around the 900s.
Scarborough became famous as one of England's first modern seaside resorts in the 1700s, and it inspired the sea-holiday culture that made places like this essential to Victorian leisure, all because of its unusual geography marked by the 'scarred' cliffs.
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