Etymograph

English

Scarberia

Blend of Scarborough + Siberia, from the perception that the area is remote and desolate.

A blend of Scarborough + Siberia

English borg ‘fortress’

English Scarborough

Latin Sibēria

English Siberia

The story

Blend of Scarborough + Siberia, from the perception that the area is remote and desolate.

Today it means

name Scarborough (district of Toronto).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Scarberia